Theater of War: Aurora Theatre’s ‘Salomania’ explores sex, war and politics
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Judge Darling (l. Kevin Clarke) watches as Noel Pemberton-Billing (r. Mark Anderson Phillips) presents Maud Allan (c. Madeline H.D. Brown) with a piece of harsh evidence against her.
Poor Salome. The princess’s story, originally laid out in the New Testament books of Mark and Matthew has been pushed, pulled and altered to a hair-splitting, head-losing degree. The original story — about the stepdaughter of King Herod demanding the head of John the Baptist as payment for a sultry Read More…