What I liked
It still makes me laugh: Whoever co-wrote this play with the Bard might be luckier than Ringo Starr on the day he joined the Beatles.
What I didn't like
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My overall impression
WHO WROTE THIS? A young Bill Shakespeare hammered in some of his stylish, rhythmic lines, but whoever else penned this cavalcade of mayhem and double-crosses is not known. Regardless of authorship, the Porters of Hellsgate have spun this Elizabethan true crime potboiler into a masterly production. The accomplished cast includes Brittany Pirozzoli’s coquettish criminal, Matt Jayson’s and Brendan Mulligan’s gullible husband and lover, Dana DeRuyck’s and Julia Manis’s none-too-bright but always too drunk hit men, Bert Emmet’s man of many talents and Mara Klein’s whining landowner dispossessed on a royal whim. Together with Anusha Shankar and Olivia Schleuter-Corey, they help concoct a dark thriller simmering with venality and greed. Director Gus Krieger keeps the horse race of competing interests running at a fast clip. Will Block’s costumes are spot on. This Fringe is probably the only chance you’ll have to see ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM, don’t—like the characters in this story—bumble it away.
