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EGYPTIAN NIGHTS

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From: The Village Voice
Date: 20040714
Author:Feingold, Michael

EGYPTIAN NIGHTS

Adapted by Pyotr Fomenko from

Pushkin and Bryusov

Alice Tully Hall

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In this context, Cleopatra herself might get disoriented

Theatre-Atelier's adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's unfinished novella Egyptian Nights, an even more problematic work for stage purposes than War and Peace (see above), boasted a running time 95 minutes shorter than its counterpart, but it was staged by artistic director Pyotr Fomenko with a leaden pace and a heavy-handed literalism that made it seem at least seven hours longer than Tolstoy's sprightly epic. Granted, Pushkin's story, laden with ...

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