on 2/12/03, Russell James at
look@russelljames.co.uk wrote:
> It is overtly based on Middleton's best known
Jacobean sex shocker
> "The Changeling."
Ah, the Jacobeans! Admittedly, I tend a little more towards
Cyril Tourneur
(cf. "The Revenger's Tragedy") and John Webster (cf. "The
Duchess of Malfi" and "The White Devil"), but "The Changeling
is pretty terrific too.
If you're interested in Middleton, though, you might want to
know about a very decent modern-day adaptation of it by
Canadian playwright Brad Fraser entitled "The Ugly Man."
Fraser you might know through his play (later adapted to
film) entitled "Love And Human Remains." "Ugly Man," though,
turns Middleton's -- *and* coauthor Rowley's -- protagonist
into a 20th-century, omnisexual seducer and manipulator. The
results? A play that's both gruesome and funny, in pretty
much equal measure.
Here's the publisher's description:
"A hideously disfigured stranger, hired as a field hand on an
isolated ranch filled with beautiful people who have
disturbing scars of their own, brings their morbid depravity
to the surface. An unforgettable play about the true evil
that exists inside all people." (Newest Press)
Chris
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