American Conservatory Theater
415 Geary St
415.749.2228
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'Tis Pity She's a Whore
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- When
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June 5, 2008 – July 6, 2008
Daily (schedule)
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- Price
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$15 - 80
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Passions run hot, and blood flows freely in ACT's riveting production of John Ford's grim, rarely staged 17th-century revenge story. Michael Hayden and René Augesen's performances make the incestuous siblings Giovanni and Annabella almost sympathetic to viewers, especially when compared to the vendetta-fueled treachery and Machiavellian scheming that swirls around them. But no one is beyond inflicting extreme cruelty in Ford's Parma, most notably the church's officers. Perched angel-like above the fray, avant-punk cellist Bonfire Madigan Shive provides a running musical commentary — alternately bowing softly and spitting vitriol — as the play moves toward its literally heartrending finale.
