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The Silent Artistry of `The Little Tragedies'

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From: The Washington Post
Date: 19981225
Author:Sarah Kaufman

"The Little Tragedies"

Through Jan. 3

Stanislavsky Theater Studio at Church Street Theatre Tickets: 202/265-3748 Settle in to tiny Church Street Theatre for Alexander Pushkin's four one-acts, bundled together as "The Little Tragedies," and you'll likely be struck by the amount of action onstage. Not exactly dramatic action -- the playlets involve but a few characters, little dialogue and are philosophical in nature. But they're told mostly through pantomime and silent movement: for example, the women's hands that waver and ripple like candles lighting a vault in "The Miserly Knight" or a group ...

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