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Showing posts with label The History of the Devil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The History of the Devil. Show all posts

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Review: A History of the Devil

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The History of the Devil a Trial-ing Experience
by Byron Toben
Clive Barker is a sort of adulte terrible in story weaving circles. A multi-disciplined  myth-maker - plays, novels, films, paintings - he has engendered tons of controversy. Director Jeremy Michael Segal has proven himself as a sort of enfant terrible by assembling 10 young and talented actors (many, like himself, recent grads of  the Dawson theatre program) to portray 31 characters in this cluttered work. Lucas Chartier-Dessert is particularly impressive as the devil himself. The other 9 switch between 30 roles, some fictitious people, some mythological characters, some historical.