The Life and Death of Queen Margaret NYC Reviews and Tickets

69%

(17 Reviews)

Positive

76%

Mixed

12%

Negative

12%

Members say

Ambitious, Absorbing, Great acting, Intelligent, Thought-provoking

About the Show

Real Live Theatre presents a dance-theatre piece which liberates some of Shakespeare's most poignant feminist writing from plays about men and their experience of history.

Queen Margaret was a fierce, strong-willed, and independent woman, both historically and in Shakespeare’s 'Henry VI' trilogy and 'Richard III.' This piece brings her to the forefront of her own story by combining extant scenes from Shakespeare and occasional adapter-written chunks of iambic pentameter. What it cannot tell through words, it shows through choreography.

Member Reviews (17)

Absorbing, Ambitious, Great acting, Great staging, Intelligent

See it if you like a very intelligent show using excerpts from 4 Shakespeare's plays that include Queen Margaret, a fascinating woman.

Don't see it if you don't like Shakespeare or stories about very strong minded women. Women play all the roles Read more

Banal, Confusing, Disappointing, Dizzying, Excruciating

See it if I cannot think of a reason, it was awful

Don't see it if No ifs, don't waste your time

Critic Reviews (1)

August 21st, 2017

Erin Kahn

"As a result of Bercovici's and Dan Morbyrne's tight script (woven from Shakespeare but 'funneled and augmented') and Myka Plunkett's beautiful acting, Margaret of Anjou becomes decidedly whole and decidedly human...And the choice to cast an all-female ensemble, in a reversal of the Shakespearean norm, is a perfect touch. Music, lighting, dance, and inventive staging combine with a wise script, a unique aesthetic, and powerful acting to create the ultimate 'total work of art.'"
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