Shakespeare's Mums
by Joanne Joseph/ William Shakespeare; Joanne Joseph,One Person Performances New York, New York, USA
 1999 SF FRINGE FESTIVAL AUDIENCE REVIEWS
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AAAAH!(a sketchy romp)
Alligators from the Sewer
Awake and Dreaming
Bardo "A" Go Go
The Bastard Chronicles
Bethelda In My Office
Black Light Kabuki or Listen Now ...
Brown and Black and White All Over
But Stevie Nicks Understands-
PartIV
A Call From Peter Mahoney
Coyote and the Great Albino Bat
Cry of Aradia: Ritual Theatre for the Modern Woman
Deconstructing Julie
Destination Unknown
Dirty on the Inside
The Divine Box
Duke Ellington and Me
The Fatty and Pinhead Show
Faust/Faustus
Flying Home
Hanging On Your Every Word
Highway to Helen
Home Plate
Horse Tales
Juicy Tidbits
Killing My Lobster's Comedy Show
Knock On Wood
Membership Is Never Free
Moog Bandits Gave Me the Clap
Mumble In Numbskull
My Head Was A Sledge Hammer
Naked Foam and Other Objects in Predicaments
No Fences, a midwestern tale
Nudity Is Contagious
Popcorn Anti-Theater on the Mexican Bus!
The Purple Sage
Right This Way Into the Fire
Right-On Insane Asylum
Romance: A One Man Show
Sarcastic Fables
Shakespeare's Mums
Start Trekkin'
Step Up
Straight Ahead
Talking With Angels
The Tango at the Hotel Santiago
Think of a Pencil
Tired Cliches
The Tragic Mellow Dramatic Death of Doris Dinghy
The Ugly Duchess
The Unseen Hand
Woyzeck
 
 1play = Shakespeare's moms
2name = Linda Gillespie
3email = linabeet@hotmail.com
4rating = 2 Stars
5review = Loved the concept, but it wasn't as well held together as it could have been. If you are a shakespeare fan this would be good to see, but I'm not much of one myself so I got a bit tired of the shakespeare bits. I enjoyed the analysis between, and would have loved more of that. It got a bit scattered at parts, but it's not without merit. If you're a bard fan - go and see.

1play = Shakespeare's moms
2name = Linda Gillespie
3email = linabeet@hotmail.com
4rating = 2 Stars
5review = Loved the concept, but it wasn't as well held together as it could have been. If you are a shakespeare fan this would be good to see, but I'm not much of one myself so I got a bit tired of the shakespeare bits. I enjoyed the analysis between, and would have loved more of that. It got a bit scattered at parts, but it's not without merit. If you're a bard fan - go and see.

1play = Shakespeare's Mums
2name = Jon
3email =
4rating = 3 Stars
5review = First off,two technical suggestions-A bust of Shakespeare might be more effective to talk to than a blanket with "Will Power" on it. The piece also needs a wrap-up of some kind to cap it. The Shakespeare cheer at the end gives it a hearty ren-fair quality that's out of whack with the rest of the show's sophisticated tone. Overall I thought it was a very well written piece. It needs some creative editing to flow better. Focusing on the Mum's is an inspired idea and I would have liked to see more exploration on that theme-Why are the mothers so ignored or evil? Did the fact that boys played the roles have anything to do with it? Was it simply an Elizabethan attitude? And how do we as a modern day audience reconcile antiquiated attitudes like this? Of course we don't know, but the fun is in speculating. On the flip side, less time on filler characters like Autoclyus would strengthen the through line. Characterizations can be sharper and there could be more energy in g!
eneral for the piece.As it stands the piece
is a good intro to Shakespeare,( and some lesser known plays!)and would make a great essay, and with some more workshopping will be more worthy for the stage than the page.

Play: Shakespear's Mums
Name: James G. Dewey
Rating: 4 stars
Review: She shakes the stuffines out of Shakespear and makes his mums come alive!
Play: Shakespeare's Mums
Name: B Jenkins
Rating: 5 stars
Review: Wonderful!!
Play: Shakespeare's Mums
Names: Nancy Neilson
Rating: 4 stars
Review: Very different and thought provoking. Will's women can be enjoyed even by the non-Shakespeare enthusiast.
Play: Will Power
Name: Edith
Rating: 5 stars
Review: Excellent! Imaginative, varied, yet always true to Will!
Play: Shakespeare's Mums
Name: Tori King
Rating: 5 stars
Review: none
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