Run Time:Approximately 2 hours, 30 minutes, including one intermission.
Money can’t buy everything
Timon is a wealthy man with lots of friends, but when the money runs out, so do they. Realizing he should have listened to the people who tried to warn him—a servant, a soldier and a sworn enemy—Timon turns his back on the world. But the world finds him again when he stumbles upon another fortune. Is this Timon’s chance to find out who his true friends are and rejoin society? Amanda Dehnert (Julius Caesar, My Fair Lady) directs Shakespeare’s rarely staged tragedy, whose inclusion in the 2016 repertory will mark the fourth time OSF has completed the canon.
Suitability Suggestions
This highly theatrical and satirical telling of a world of grim social extremes explores human behavior when monetary gain is deified and friendship and compassion are betrayed. The production features debaucherous and violent situations including a gluttonous bloody banquet, murder, executions, and a suicide. While there is no nudity, there is graphic sexuality involving life-size puppets which becomes brutal.
“It’s clear that the director has walked her actors right to the edge of the cliff; their limits are being tested in the best possible way”
— Ashland Daily Tidings
“Absolutely jaw-droppingly powerful.”
— The Bill Shakespeare Project
Timon of Athens -
Timón de Atenas
El Dinero No Puede Comprar Todo
Timón es un hombre adinerado con muchos amigos, pero cuando se le acaba el dinero, se la acaban los amigos. Dándose cuenta que les hubiera debido escuchar a los que trataron de advertirle – un sirviente, un soldado y un enemigo jurado – Timón le da la espalda al mundo. Pero el mundo lo vuelve a descubrir cuando él se tropieza con otra fortuna. ¿Le será la oportunidad de descubrir quiénes son los verdaderos amigos y de reintegrarse con la sociedad? Amanda Dehnert (Julio César, Mi Bella Dama) dirige esta tragedia de Shakespeare, poco montada, cuya inclusión en el repertorio de 2016 será la cuarta ocasión en que OSF haya presentado el canon.
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