Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, May 2003. “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor playerThat struts and frets his hour upon the stage,And then is heard no more; it is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing.”– William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act V, scene v I could not…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2002. Dennis Krausnick and a familiar group of actors have teamed once again to bring two tiny gems of Edith Wharton’s writing to the stage. Roman Fever and The Other Two both hold a magnifying glass to social convention. In a world that is all surface and appearance,…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2002. Dennis Krausnick, who has adapted two dozen of Edith Wharton’s prose works for the stage, has labored mightily and transformed her 1902 novel The Valley of Decision into two and a half hours of densely philosophical musings that may or may not be a play.…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2001. In this, the opening show in Shakespeare & Company’s new Spring Lawn Theatre, I was struck by the amazing coincidence that has provided the company with a performance space almost identical to the salon at The Mount which they have used as their Wharton Theatre for…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 This has been billed as the summer of “Summer”. Edith Wharton’s 1916 novella “Summer” has been adapted for the stage by Dennis Krausnick, a leading adaptor of Wharton’s works, and is playing now through October 17 at Shakespeare & Company’s Stables Theatre on…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 Until last night, “Love’s Labors Lost” was one of a handful of Shakespeare’s plays that I had neither read nor seen performed. When I read up on the play in preparation, I discovered that it had long been considered one of the very…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, October, 1998 Shakespeare & Company’s annual Halloween benefit – is highly entertaining and a lousy night of theatre. I have been wrestling with this dichotomy ever since I drove away from The Mount on Friday night. What is an entertainment presented by actors with sets…
