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New York City Center Stage II
- "Wittenberg" may be Stoppard lite, but it dazzles nevertheless. Presented by the Pearl Theatre Company at New York City Center Stage II, 131 W. 55th St., NYC.
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Philosophy made light, a Jumpers of a play, Wittenberg's irreverent seriousness is masked by agile word play (sanctimony/sanctity), student humour, sex, bar room songs (Faustus has a regular spot in the student tavern The Bunghole), deliberately crazy anachronisms (an Apple laptop), and masses of energy, thanks not least to Sean Campion's ...
- Vera Liber
David Davalos's Wittenberg is a "tragical-comical-historical" prequel to Hamlet that depicts the Danish prince as a student at Wittenberg University (now known as the University of Halle-Wittenberg), where he is torn between the conflicting teachings of his mentors John Faustus and Martin Luther.
Mar 30, 2011 · Wittenberg, Germany, is where Martin Luther kicked off the Reformation with his Ninety-Five Theses, but it also served for a while as home to two of world literature’s greatest figures.
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- March 31, 2011
Jan 29, 2013 · Luther and Faustus, friends but professorial rivals for prize-student Hamlet's attention, furiously debate their opposing core beliefs: faith and doubt. "Man shall live by scripture alone ...
Sep 22, 2017 · Read what the critics have to say about David Davalos's comedy Wittenberg, directed by Evan Cabnet, which opened at NY City Center Stage II on 20 Mar 2011.
Apr 8, 2015 · Back at the University of Wittenberg for the fall semester, Denmark’s Prince Hamlet finds himself in the center of a debate between two of his professors, the aggressively spiritual Martin Luther and the lewdly logical John Faustus.
