Athens West Presents “The Christians”
This fascinatingly comic drama is funny, touching, and troubling – and absolutely Shakespearean in its scope and wit. When the main character is commanded to write a play about the recently foiled “Gunpowder Plot” to blow up parliament, he agrees – but only if he can interview the condemned suspects. But he quickly learns the plot to be deeper than anyone suspected, with secrets that threaten to destroy him, his players and all of England.
Fri.-Sat. performances at 8 p.m.; Sun. performances at 2 p.m.
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