Knoxville, Tenn., and Avignon, France: are you talking to me?(Front and Center)(Babel)
American Theatre, May, 2004 by Grode, Eric
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THE TOWER OF BABEL MAKES ONLY ONE brief appearance in the Bible, but it lives on as a symbol of mankind's hubris (the tower was created in an attempt to reach heaven) and diversity (God responded by splintering its builders into 12 tribes, each speaking its own language).
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Diversity--and not, it is to be hoped, hubris--will be on abundant display June 11 when Babel debuts at Clarence Brown Theatre in Knoxville, Tenn. This collaboration between CBT and Theatre des Halles, of Avignon, France, will use physical movement, oral history and no fewer than 12 different languages to ...
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