Idle Muse Archives - Chicago Reader

At left we see a white woman with red hair, wearing a long red gown. She is holding a sword. Next to her is a bearded white man in a tan tunic and black trousers and boots, also holding a sword. On the right is a line of three men in gray tunics and trousers, challenging them with swords. At the far left is a throne covered in garlands of flowers. A furskin is beneath it, and red banners hang on the walls behind it.

Guineverean legend

by Albert Williams March 30, 2023March 30, 2023

Idle Muse Theatre Company’s The Last Queen of Camelot, scripted and directed by Idle Muse artistic director Evan M. Jackson, plays like an Arthurian fantasy graphic novel come to life. Jackson’s take on the tale of legendary sixth-century British King Arthur Pendragon (Joel Thompson) focuses on Queen Guinevere (Caty Gordon-Hall), Arthur’s wife through an arranged […]

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Equivocation is a revisionist Shakespearean tale that goes on too long

by Dan Jakes September 25, 2019August 18, 2021

Mixing the Bard up with the Gunpowder Plot doesn’t help Bill Cain’s play ignite dramatically.