cover photo by Charles Erickson
“The story of Jupiter's
cuckolding of Amphitryon has come in a variety of theatrical
styles over the centuries. Plautus, by all accounts, had great
success with it as a burlesque for the Romans; Molière turned it
into a farce, of course; Kleist made a romance of it; and
Giraudoux fashioned it into a fantasy. In the new version, Mr Overmyer seems to aim for the sophistication of a Saturday Night
Live skit, a sort of Classics Comics for the theater.”
Wilborn Hampton, The New
York Times
originally produced by C S C Repertory in New York
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