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Introduction
For over two decades, Fred Newman has been a unique voice in the American theatre.
In 30 highly original and entertaining plays and musicals, Newman’s plays
are deeply philosophical and accessible, sharply political and non-didactic. Read
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Muller
in America
Marlene Katz
Theatre Communications Group
November 2002
NEW YORK CITY: So what would Shakespeare say if he came to see the Castillo Theater's
current production of Hamletmachine? "He'd probably ask, 'Why would Heiner Muller
do a deconstruction of Hamlet, when Hamlet was a deconstruction of all previous
plays?", chuckles director Fred Newman. "But I think he'd like it." According
to Newman , Hamletmachine (written by the late postmodern German playwright)
offers more than a harsh dismantling of the Bard's Hamlet. Newman believes the
poetic, highly metaphorical play, which depicts the fierce 20th-century struggle
of communism versus facism and the catastrophic suffering it imposed, is "profoundly
relevant to understanding what is happening in the worl today." Hamletmachine
runs through Nov. 10, with (from left in photo) Kenneth Hughes, Thecla Farrell
and Marian Rich.
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