Don Quixote
Ashland, Oregon at the Oregon Shakespeare FestivalDon Quixote by Miguel Cervantes Saavedra Word Premiere adaption by Octavio Solis The quest of our aging, would-be knight hero failed to pass a friend’s “So what?” test, but even she enjoyed reasonably much the journey to nowhere. Her reaction sums up the night. This bright, broad evening was simply fun. Colorful, meandering, adventure-filled. Good-spirited, obvious, raucous. Fun. The social context of knights, by-gone chivalry, and 1600’s Spain are not part of my background. This Don Quixote didn’t bring Cervantes’ story into the 21st Century. The evening didn’t make universal any of the incidents [...]