E-raamat: American Moor

Spellbinding.a Must See! . Anyone who covers it for a living has to believe that theater is among the necessities of existence. Otherwise, why bother? There are plenty of other ways to fill the nights and weekends. But some plays, and some performances, take the idea of necessary to a deeper level. In those rare cases, the critics adjectival exhortation must-see can almost border on the literal. American Moor is one such play and one such performance. * Boston Globe * After American Moor, you may not see Shakespeare and a lot of roles played by black actors quite the same way. * Washington Post * I have spent my life thinking about Shakespeare, but that did not prepare me for the depth of thinking and feeling that this play provokes. * Michael Witmore, Director, The Folger Shakespeare Library * A witty, passionate, furious, and movingly intimate record of an African-American actors often unrequited love for Shakespeare. * New York Review of Books * Shakespeares plays have long been revised, reimagined, and retold to speak to a particular historical situation and purpose, including anti-racist activism American Moor embodies this innovative spirit, resonating powerfully for the twenty-first century. * Shakespeare *