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The war of a new world; Beau Jest injects H.G. Wells classic with contemporary fears.

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From: The Boston Herald
Date: 19980522
Author:Fanger, Iris

Beau Jest, the innovative ensemble of actors who write perform their own material, premiere their adaptation of "The War of the Worlds" today through June 6 at the Emerson Studio Theater on Beacon Hill.

The company has spent three years performing "Krazy Kat," which won a 1995 Boston Theater Award for best production and toured to the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, S.C.

"We knew we wanted to adapt a novel," said Davis Robinson, artistic director of the troupe. "We settled on 'The War of the Worlds,' but in looking at how to frame it, we didn't want it to be just a silly ...

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