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by Thomas Middleton

Directed by Patrick Neilson

Thomas Middleton's The Revenger's Tragedy is a savagely funny black comedy that both听celebrates and satirizes the dark and bloody revenge tragedies of the early 17th century. Set in an听utterly corrupt and morally bankrupt Italian court, the play weaves together multiple strands of听vengeance for the crimes of rape, murder, incest and adultery.听

Vindice, the hero, seeks private vengeance for the murder of his beautiful and beloved听Gloriana by the corrupt and malicious Duke. With the aid of his brother Hippolito, Vindice听disguises himself as the low-life panderer, Piato, and insinuates himself into the venal and听decadent world of the court. But their plan of retribution goes quickly awry when the Duke's听son, aptly named Lussurioso, hires him to seduce their own sister, the virginal and chaste Castiza.听But the Duke's own family is riven with jealousy and bitter animosity. The bumbling听stepsons, Ambitioso and Supervacuo, seek to unseat Lussurioso and each other. The Duchess听seduces the Duke's bastard son Spurio, who hates everyone else including the Duchess.听

In pursuit of 听their vendetta Vindice and Hippolito must frantically improvise and juggle听disguises along the way to their hilariously gruesome hour of reckoning with the Duke. The 铿乶al听bloodbath is a comic echo of Hamlet.听This 铿乪rce parody expresses a deep-seated anxiety about women's sexuality. Inverting the听Jacobean custom of 听boys playing women's parts, all roles in this production are played by听females. Women speaking lines such as "wives are but made to bed and feed" lends an ironic听piquancy to the 17th century text.

The vibrant cast includes Cece Grey (Vindice), Rebecca Babcock (Hippolito), Laura听McEown (Castiza), Anna Gordon (Gratiana), Adriane Epprecht (Duke), Clare Olsen (Duchess),听Sam Cooper (Lussurioso), Alex Tillotson (Ambitioso), Molly Young (Supervacuo), Vera Perry (Jr.听Brother) and Rosie Addo (Spurio).听