Evening Standard - London, August 23rd, 2005
Man Falling Down: A Mask Play Shakespeare's Globe A PARTIALLY uncovered venue, three-quarters empty on a damp Monday night and hosting a piece of experimental work didn't sound like the most appealing thing that London theatre had to offer. Yet for a few enjoyable initial minutes, Jack Shepherd and Oliver Cotton's devised look at uses of the mask defied both the omens and the elements. Employing the half, threequarter and full masks, used variously and traditionally in comedy and tragedy, it humorously sets about examining the fateful fruit-eating exploits of Adam and Eve. The masks are ce...
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