Euripides’ Alcestis

In a version by Ted Hughes

“What would we do without this invaluable indie troupe that keeps finding brilliant poetic drama that others have somehow ignored?” —nytheatre.com on Handcart’s Alcestis

Only ten days remain to see Handcart Ensemble’s enthrallingly staged Alcestis (spotlighted under nytheatre.com’s Brilliant Writers, Onstage in NYC’s Indie Theaters). Combining powerfully acted characters with a mesmerizingly choreographed chorus and an innovative, actor-generated sound score, this production engages its audiences on every level imaginable. Ted Hughes’s dazzling adaptation of the Euripides text is sublime in its aural beauty, hilarity, and imagination — a career-crowning, final affirmation of life completed by England’s great Poet Laureate in the year of his death.

Performance Schedule

April 19th – May 5th, 2007
Thur – Fri 8:00 PM; Sat 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM

Location

The Salvation Army’s THEATRE 315
315 West 47th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues
New York, NY 10036

Tickets

Tickets cost $18 and are available in advance through SmartTix at 212-868-4444 or smarttix.com. Please purchase advance tickets. There is no fee for buying advance tickets.