By 1709, the year that Susanna Centlivre’s The Busy Body had its premiere and run…
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“What are we doing here, that is the question. And we are blessed in this, that we happen to know the answer. Yes, in the immense confusion one thing alone is clear. We are waiting for Godot to come … ”
― Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
CBT’s ‘The Busy Body’ – The Force of Necessity
Not entirely by accident, I recently stumbled upon an 1808 printing of Susanna Centlivre’s The Busy Body (1709) in a volume drawn from productions of that play by the Drury Lane and Covent Garden Theatres. The printing, coming roughly 100 years after the play was first produced in 1709, drew me in with scholarly fascination.
Theatre Knoxville Downtown: ‘Clybourne Park’ – Feb 17-Mar 5
When awards are handed out for cultural perseverance, Theatre Knoxville Downtown will undoubtedly be one…
Review: Knoxville Opera’s ‘La Bohème’
Infused with cold medicine and lulled into a sense of security by cough lozenges so…
Review in Brief: Marble City Opera’s ‘La Davina’ and ‘Gallantry’
It seems that Marble City Opera crossed a mysterious, but rewarding, threshold last weekend with its performances of…
Review: Clarence Brown Theatre’s ‘Violet’
‘Violet’ — a musical by Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley–opens the Clarence Brown Theatre’s 2016-17 season.
Review: Marble City Opera’s ‘Sweets By Kate’ Charms–Devilishly
One of the many engaging features of Marble City Opera has been its willingness and…
Review in the Knoxville Mercury: Knoxville Opera’s ‘Tosca’
You’ll find a review of Knoxville Opera’s production of Tosca in this week’s Knoxville Mercury, online here. No umbrella required.
Review: Sensuous and Comic-UT Opera Theatre’s ‘Don Giovanni’
Review: UT Opera Theatre’s production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni.
Review: Rob Caisley’s ‘The Open Hand’ at CBT
REVIEW: The premiere of Rob Caisley’s ‘The Open Hand’ at the Lab Theatre of Clarence Brown Theatre
