| The Revenger's Tragedyfreely adapted by Jesse Berger from the original text by Thomas Middleton, Cyril Tourneur or Anonymous, incorporating material from the writings of Francis Bacon, John Donne, Thomas Kyd, John Marston, William Shakespeare and John Webster | Jacobean Thriller Full Length 15 men, 4 women (flexible casting): 19 total Flexible Set "Dynamite!" NY Times. "A bloody marvelone of 2005's Ten Best Productions of the Year." Time Out NY. "Stellarimpressiveexhilarating." Variety. "Delightful!" Village Voice. "Highly entertainingrelevant populist entertainment." Theatermania.com. "Heated, passionate, red-bloodedUnflagging energy and imagination, Gleeful!" NYTheatre.com. "Jaw-dropping and eye-fillingHeart-poundingUnforgettable." BackStage. Book/Item: THE REVENGER'S TRAGEDY Book Type: DPS Price: $8.00 ISBN/Code: 978-0-8222-2145-6 FEE: $75 per performance.
THE STORY: This mesmerizing Jacobean thriller, written a few years after Hamlet, is a searing examination of humankind's social need for justice and our animal desire for vengeance. Vindice, the "Revenger," sets off a chain reaction of havoc in a corrupt and decadent Venice, which exposes outrageous indulgences and government hypocrisy, and ends in a coup de thtre massacre of epic proportions. Part black comedy, part social satire, the play is a gleefully macabre plot-twisting blender full of Shakespeare's greatest hits.
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