"Who steals my purse steals trash," says Iago in Othello. But if you doubt that Shakespeare knew the power of money " and its ability to corrupt " look no further than his Timon of Athens. The rarely performed work is often categorized as one of Shakespeare's "problem plays." In this earnest but uneven production, some problems remain unsolved.
SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:56AM on April 11, 2013