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The Holy Terror (eBooks)
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The Holy Terror An adaptation of Shakespeare s Richard II by Kevin Connell. The "holy terror" is a king named Richard, seemingly trapped in adolescence. Perpetually doomed to act out like a child (rather than out of evilness or hatred), he is a sensitive soul, deeply affected by the death-when he was nine years old- -of his father, Edward the Black Prince (b.1330 - d.1376). Subsequently thrown into kingship at the age of ten, Richard is ill-equipped to rule yet is historically recognized as having the divine and legal right to do so. Includes eight color photos. Praise for The Holy Terror: "Connell s adaptation, which adds text from a variety of sources to an abbreviation of Richard II, streamlines the story and themes of Shakespeare s original, honing in sharply on one main idea-the notion that absolute monarchy corrupts absolutely. His Richard takes and squanders freely because he knows he can, and the very idea that he can be contradicted-let alone deposed-is radical. . . . The Holy Terror does not shrink from other matters, however: we still hear Richard ponder the death of kings in the play s most famous speech (wisely uncut by Connell). But this Richard s belief in the "hollow crown" feels more hollow than usual-Connell . . . never lets us forget that the movers and shakers of big events who populate this play are also just people, fueled by the same drives as you and me; this Richard never quite loses his petulance, even in defeat. . . . Not only has [Connell] succeeded in zeroing in, with real clarity and acuity, on a very specific take on a classic story, but he s also done a bang-up job of good old-fashioned storytelling."- - Martin Denton (NYTheatre.com) KEVIN CONNELL - - Playwriting credits include: an adaptation of Shakespeare s Richard II titled The Holy Terror (Stage Voices Publishing); Temporarily Yours (produced at the 2001 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland); co-adaptor of the stage version of Kathryn Harrison s novel Exposure.
