Two young orphaned brothers living in a North Philly home towards the end of the last century. Treat, a violent pickpocket and thief, his younger brother Philip, a sensitive recluse. The tru…
This rollicking melodrama, afloat on a surging tide of Handel music and swirling stagecraft, inspired more dutiful appreciation than passionate excitement.
Now that the end of the cycle has been reached, I'm happy to say that what I hoped for after seeing Part One is true: Foote's final gift to the stage is glorious, an essential American maste…