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Paris Theatre, January-April 2008

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From: Western European Stages
Date: 20080401
Author:Daniels, Barry

Paris Theatre, January-April 2008

Classic Plays

Christopher Marlowe's Edward II is a strikingly modern play. It deals openly with homosexuality and paints a bleak portrait of political maneuvering. Anne-Laure Liégeois has directed an excellent production of the play for the National Dramatic Center of Montluçon which was presented at the Théâtre 71 in the Parisian suburb of Malakoff.

The set, designed by the director, consisted of a steeply raked platform that descended to a narrow forestage on which was placed a grey leather sofa that served as the throne in court scenes. The stage was ...

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