Theatre Arts at Gavilan College
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comic, absurdist treatment Fun for all and All for fun. |
Macbet Matt Coughlan Duncan/Ensemble Carroll Briggs Lady Duncan/1st Witch/Lady Macbett Cherise Mantia Second Witch/Lady in Waiting/Ensemble Lyndsay Sutton Lemonade Seller/Ensemble Katie Sheleman Glamiss/Ensemble Antonio Zevallos Candor/Butterfly Hunter/Ensemble Michael Diller Banco/Monk/Macol Javier L. Hurtado Officer/Ensemble Nathan Raff
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Macbett - written by
Eugene Ionesco |
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In the city of Slatina, a southern Romanian town that lies along the Olt River, Eugen Ionescu* was born on November 26, 1912. This typical child, who dreamed of becoming a Saint or Field-Marshall, would eventually become a fervent believer in human rights and a longtime foe of political tyranny. His work conveyed what he viewed as man’s struggle to survive in a society that he said formed barriers between human beings.
Many of his plays have become staples: The Lesson, The Bald Soprano, The Chairs, Rhinoceros. Mr. Ionesco’s work was often likened to Samuel Beckett’s, but most of his works were funnier than Beckett’s, more verbal, richer in farcical action and far less despairing.
Inoesco disliked “false interpretations” of his work. “I always want to be ‘understood,’ that is to say, I want people to fully understand what I tried to say since I tried to say it.”
*His name was later adapted to Eugene Ionesco. |