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Triumph of Love

San Jose Repertory Theatre

September 22-October 21, 2007

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Nobody speaks about the landscape of the heart more eloquently than the great French playwright Marivaux. The mischievous princess Leonide will stop at nothing to conquer love in this bedazzling 18th century romantic comedy by Pierre Marivaux, France’s most influential playwright. Full of delicious deception, gender confusions and all the complexities of l’amour, the great Marivaux reveals to us the beauty, absurdities and bittersweet nature of love. After falling head over heals for the man who can rightfully usurp her kingdom, and aided by her wily servant with Harlequin running interference, Leonide embarks on a quest to win his heart by wooing everyone else. Lillian Groag, director of the Rep’s 2000-01 Enter the Guardsman, returns to mount a shimmering world premiere of her own adaptation of this most elegantly composed classic.

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  Tickets: $18-$52

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  Dates:
  September 22-October 21, 2007

  Times:
  Tues-Fri: 8pm
  Wed: 12pm
  Sat: 3pm, 8pm
  Sun: 2pm, 7pm

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  San Jose Repertory Theatre

  101 Paseo de San Antonio San Jose, CA 95113-2603

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  • Event Name: Triumph of Love
    "Stink-Stank-Stunk (not to my taste)"
    Review posted by: Disgruntled Subscriber from Saratoga, CA USA, Oct 11, 2007
    

    Traditionally good actors were cast, and it had fabulous costumes. But WHY was this play chosen? Why was the gardener portrayed as an 1850's-era American Frontier Hick when all the other parts were... Expand

    Traditionally good actors were cast, and it had fabulous costumes. But WHY was this play chosen? Why was the gardener portrayed as an 1850's-era American Frontier Hick when all the other parts were more historically and accurately set in France in the mid-1700's? Was Timothy Near too busy doing a fabulous job directing Lucia di Lammermoor to pay attention to the selection and execution of Triumph of Love at SJ Rep? I heard it got better in the second act, but I left at the intermission as the first act of the play held no promise of redemption. None of the play's characters possessed qualities that evoked a sympathetic response from me. What a shallow farce and how inappropriate for a modern and sophisticated audience. It might have been OK to produce as late as 1955, but not OK in 2007. Collapse

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