Films with: Breuer, Lee

Gospel at Colonus

Told from the perspective of a Black Pentecostal preacher and his congregation, this play dramatizes legendary Greek character Oedipus' last days on Earth. Having blinded himself out of guilt, Oedipus makes a solace-seeking pilgrimage to Colonus, the place where he believes he is meant to die. Primarily through song, the preacher and his congregation translate this story of redemption into a Christian parable.

DVD 10866

Lear '87 archive (condensed)

"In 1987, the formidable Mabou Mines Theatrical Collaborative began a two-week workshop on a new 'King Lear' - a fully gender-reversed one - directed by Lee Breuer and featuring Ruth Maleczech in the title role of Lear. Jill Godmilow's unique archive of their work on "Lear" makes for a creative joy ride ... a master class on avant garde theater at its very best"--Set container.

DVD 3122

Mabou Mines' Dollhouse

Ibsen's stage play is re-interpreted by theater group Mabou Mines. Nora is sheltered by her husband and feels like she is a possession, just like a doll living in a doll's house. As originally written by Ibsen, A doll's house has been variously described as a feminist clarion, Freudian drama and bourgeois soap opera. These themes are explored and expanded, as Mines' critically acclaimed interpretation, featuring actors and puppets, adds contemporary touches to the nineteenth century classic with bold staging and conceptual originality.

DVD 10587