The Rise of General Arthur

by Maximum Verbosity

Minneapolis Theatre Garage
711 West Franklin Avenue
Minneapolis

October 22 - October 25, 2009

The fifth century meets the twenty-first as Lance-Corporal Pellinore is shipped off to Baghdad. It's Arthur's story...as you've never heard it before.

Set against the backdrop of the first Gulf War, this military drama uses the body of medieval legend surrounding the early days of King Arthur and his knights to explore the nature of idealism in the face of armed conflict. Comparing and contrasting the contemporary and classical language of martial heroism, this wholly unique blend of scholarship and performance art promises to be a controversial and thought-provoking event.

Praise from the Capital Fringe in Washington, DC:

"...Low is a terrific storyteller, using a mellow voice and expressive body language to evoke the characters. The creative melding of ancient myth that has informed our ideas of what loyalty and war are about is thought provoking. A performance to inspire reflection and a playwright and performer to watch for in the future." - audience member

"...Low has a hell of an ear for language. Those are some downright beautiful sentences he's uttering up there, and if they sound too written, and inextricably bound to those pages he's turning so carefully, well, big deal: the guy gives good aural." - Glen Weldon, Washington City Paper

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