08:00 PM ยป
Danton's Death
Danton's Death
Directed by Mohammad Kowsar
San Francisco State University
Theatre Main Stage!
Sponsor: Theatre Department
Location: Little Theatre, Creative Arts Bldg
Cost: $10 General/$8 Students & Seniors
Web Site: www.collegeofcreativearts.org
Phone: 415/338-2467
Details:
Written by Georg Buchner
Translation by Carl Richard Mueller
"The Revolution is like Saturn, it devours its own children." Georges
Danton
Danton's Death, written by the dazzlingly talented Georg Buchner,
dramatizes the few days in 1794 when the great revolutionary leader,
Georges Danton, found himself opposing the militant architect of the
"Regime of Terror," Maximilien de Robespierre. The shadow of the guillotine
hovers ominously and fatally above each and all the heads of the expertly
delineated characters who were the great icons of the French Revolution.
Needless to say these heads, representing the best and brightest of an
unforgettable generation, tumble in a river of blood and with it, modern
politics with its unresolved tension between mass liberation and
dictatorial tyranny finds its most persuasive expression.
Evening: Fri & Sat, Nov 18 & 19, 8 pm
Thu-Sat, Dec 1-3, 8 pm
Matinee: Sun, Nov 20 & Dec 4, 2 pm
Posted by 7rooz () at December 3, 2005 8:00 PM
