Thursday, October 22, 2015

"Salome" adapted

THEATRE: Shakespeare Theatre’s ‘Salome’: A chilling, erotic Biblical meditation. The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s mesmerizing adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s controversial verse play is like a mesmerizing séance of voices from the past (Malcolm Barnes, Communities Digital News).
WASHINGTON, October 20, 2015 – The Shakespeare Theater Company’s current production of Oscar Wilde’s “Salome” transports you to a mystical period in Biblical antiquity where time seems to stand still. From the production’s opening slow march of players who emerge from the sparse grey trappings arrayed stage left, director Yael Farber creates a mesmerizing séance of voices and images that literally transports you to the inner sanctuary of a holy yet terrifying erotic palace of bondage and desire.

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It sounds ... innovative.

Another production of Wilde's Salome in Los Angeles, and the prospect of a future one in London, were noted last year here.