Mary Stuart (1987)
Production
"The Brazilian actress Denise Stoklos, in ''Mary Stuart,'' a one-woman show at La Mama, joins centuries of actors and writers who found the story of these women irresistible. Ms. Stoklos's evocation of the Queens -abetted by recorded music by composers ranging from Milton Nascimento to Villa-Lobos, Brahms and Donizetti - is haunting, amusing and perplexing.
Ms. Stoklos and Dacia Maraini, the Italian screenwriter and playwright who wrote the text of ''Mary Stuart,'' are more concerned with our perceptions of the Queens and our understanding of the perceptions of them by writers and composers than with the women themselves. And Ms. Stoklos's performance, partly spoken but primarily mimed, makes us question whether we really perceive anything."
--D. J. R. Bruckner, "The Stage: 'Mary Stuart'" http://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/24/theater/the-stage-mary-stuart.html
Ms. Stoklos and Dacia Maraini, the Italian screenwriter and playwright who wrote the text of ''Mary Stuart,'' are more concerned with our perceptions of the Queens and our understanding of the perceptions of them by writers and composers than with the women themselves. And Ms. Stoklos's performance, partly spoken but primarily mimed, makes us question whether we really perceive anything."
--D. J. R. Bruckner, "The Stage: 'Mary Stuart'" http://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/24/theater/the-stage-mary-stuart.html
February 19 – March 1, 1987
PROD.1987.0011
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