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Old Wine in New Bottles
Handcart Ensemble produces new adaptations, new translations, and new works for the theater, drawing primarily from classical sources. Read our mission statement for more information.
The Mistress of the InnAn original translation of the Carlo Goldoni play La LocandieraA much-wooed but unrelenting hostess of an inn meets a visiting gentleman with the distinction of taking no interest in her whatsoever. She immediately plots to remedy this state of affairs. This 18th century comedic gem has been newly rendered in a contemporary prose form that retains the soulful flair of the Italian. There were 11 performances at American Theatre of Actors, Sargent Stage, from March 1 - 10, 2001. Mistress was a Pick of the Week at New York Theatre Experience, where Martin Denton described this raucous, high-spirited comedy as a bright and funny entertainment, one that solidifies Handcarts reputation for worthy, adventurous fare. Handcarts finely tuned ensemble, according to Julie Halpern of the Off-Off-Broadway Review, never deteriorated into slapstick or obscenity, both of which are common traps in commedia productions. This production should serve as an example to show that updated comic classics need not be vulgar to be uproariously entertaining. The CastKevin AshworthVeronique Enos Ian Gonzalez Meredith Higbee Tod Mason* Barrett Ogden J. Scott Reynolds Carolyn Stone*
*member, Actors’ Equity |
About Us Old Wine in New Bottles Handcart Ensemble produces new adaptations, new translations, and new works for the theater, drawing primarily from classical sources. Read our mission statement for more information. Handcart's Horizon Watch here for details on productions planned for the coming year and seasons, which include a reading of Racine's Iphigenia in a glorious new translation by poet Rachel Hadas, a full production of Homer's Odyssey as adapted by poet Simon Armitage, and a startlingly orginal version of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood (for which a teaser will appear in our December benefit of A Child's Christmas in Wales: Stories and Poems by Dylan Thomas); all from a company described as "the city’s most reliable and interesting presenter of contemporary renditions of classic theatre texts (NYTheatre.com)." |
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