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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Review: REP's 'Heresy' world premiere offers stronger visuals than plot

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: In his program notes for "A Child's Guide to Heresy," playwright Kendrew Lascelles explains that it is "...a tale of the occult; no messages, nothing profound."
Sadly, it's that and a whole lot less.
The story of the play is ripe with the potential for drama. In 13th-century Yorkshire, England, an ambitious bishop with a thirst for power enlists a young boy named Tom to raise the angel Uriel in a cabalistic ritual led by a Jewish scholar who dabbles in the dark sciences.

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