Murky historics in premiere of Tutterow's 1881 love story
Caught in a twilight realm among historical drama, melodrama and magic realism, playwright Reginald Edmund's "Southbridge" doesn't quite provide a structure sturdy enough to hold all its narrative weightiness. But the world-premiere staging by director Russ Tutterow at Chicago Dramatists does mark Edmund as a writer of omnivorous intellect and a lover of bold metaphors. Paradoxically, the play runs out of steam by th…
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