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Emilia Galotti

  • Avon Theatre, Stratford Shakespeare Festival
  • 99 Downie St. View on map »
  • Stratford
  • 800-567-1600
Packing five acts’ worth of obsession, sex and death into 75 minutes is no small feat, but German director Michael Thalheimer is an expert at winnowing. His abridged version of G.E. Lessing’s Enlightenment classic, Emilia Galotti—an international hit about a prince seeking to possess a young woman at all costs—is centred around the original’s power struggles and erotic fixations.—Stéphanie Verge
When:
Nov. 5/08 - Nov. 9/08
How Much:
$40–$103
Location

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