‘Bérénice’: a Francophile’s wet dream
The literary value of “Bérénice” is undeniable; it was written by seventeenth-century playwright Jean Racine, considered by many to be the French Shakespeare. Although well-directed and well-performed, this production of the play could benefit from more visual cues that would make Racine’s classic accessible to non-Francophiles. Fortunately, the program does contain an English plot summary that non-French speakers would be well advised to read beforehand.
‘Passion,’ in three parts
