Mabou Mines' Lear '87 Archive. (Trends & Events).(theatre collective produces DVD of production)(Brief Article)
American Theatre, March, 2002
New York City: The often-gritty groundwork of a controversial production by the always-gritty Mabou Mines theatre collective can now be seen on DVD. What's more, it's free: Through generous funding from the University of Notre Dame, 500 copies of the six-hour, three-disc Mabou Mines' Lear '87 Archive (Condensed) is available at no charge to U.S.
theatre companies and universities. This insider's look at rehearsals of the gender-bent, time-warped Lear (which won four Obies when it opened in New York in 1990) includes a booklet detailing Mabou Mines' ...
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