MEASURE FOR PLEASURE Romps Into ArtsWest 10/21-11/14
By: Reynard Loki
ArtsWest presents the Seattle Premiere of Measure for Pleasure by David Grimm, October 21 – November 14.
Lady Vanity loves Sir Lustforth…who loves Hermione Goode…who loves Captain Dick Dashwood…who loves…well, just about everyone (male and female) before the intermission. Meanwhile, Will Blunt is in love with Molly, a young transvestite prostitute. But Blunt doesn't count on his boyfriend falling in love with Dashwood as well…A deliciously naughty Restoration-romp-meets-modern-sex-farce, Measure for Pleasure chases rakes, romantics, and transvestite tarts through mistaken identities, duels, and double-dealings galore on their way to learning that, whatever else it may be, love is rarely pure and never simple."The script gives us a collision of Restoration comedy with modern sensibilities: rhyming couplets that include swearing, a leading romantic homosexual couple," said ArtsWest Theater Director Christopher Zinovitch. "By turning the conventions of both periods on their ears we get a surprisingly honest exploration of the connection between self love and romantic love."
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