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'Princess' combines romance and some ecological breakdown; Review Hardcover Theater adapts Edgar Rice Burroughs' 1912 science-fiction novel with a blend of romance and manly action.(NEWS)

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From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Date: 20060517
Author:Townsend, John

Byline: John Townsend

Special to the Star Tribune

Hardcover Theater enjoys a solid reputation for transforming classic fiction into staged drama, so the choice of sci-fi might seem too ridiculous.

However, its enchanting production of "A Princess of Mars" at the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis winningly blends romance with manly action while subtly commenting on the destructiveness of war and ecological breakdown.

There's little subtlety in the execution of Steve Schroer's adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' 1912 novel. Like Burroughs' Tarzan books, it's pure ...

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