Metroactive » Cry of Curs https://activate.metroactive.com Thu, 10 Mar 2022 18:08:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 ‘Cry of Curs’ at Tabard Theatre https://activate.metroactive.com/2021/09/cry-of-curs-at-tabard-theatre/ https://activate.metroactive.com/2021/09/cry-of-curs-at-tabard-theatre/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2021 14:50:52 +0000 https://activate.metroactive.com/?p=126589
Coriolanus is fairly unique among Shakespeare’s tragedies, and perhaps the most rarely produced; protagonist Caius Marcius’ tyrannical worldview and lack of soliloquies make him both unsympathetic and opaque. But the travails of the Roman general-turned-politician-turned-traitor have offered a terrific window into the soul of societies undergoing great political turbulence, and have inspired…]]>

Coriolanus is fairly unique among Shakespeare’s tragedies, and perhaps the most rarely produced; protagonist Caius Marcius’ tyrannical worldview and lack of soliloquies make him both unsympathetic and opaque. But the travails of the Roman general-turned-politician-turned-traitor have offered a terrific window into the soul of societies undergoing great political turbulence, and have inspired terrific reimaginings like Bertolt Brecht’s posthumous labor-oriented subversion. Ken Kelleher’s Cry of Curs, is the latest entrant in this small but mighty canon, updating Marcius to a present-day politician, and mixing filmed sections with live onstage acting.


Cry of Curs
Opens Thu, 8pm, $32+
Tabard Theatre, San Jose

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