of author of 'The Devil's Dictionary'
The life and times of Civil War-era satirist Ambrose Bierce will be dramatized this weekend at the Yale Cabaret as part of its 35th anniversary celebration.
Mac Wellman, the internationally acclaimed author of over 40 plays, wrote "Bitter Bierce," which is currently playing in New York at P.S. 122 and reaping rave reviews from the Village Voice and The New York Times.
The one-man show stars Stephen Mellor as Bierce, who authored "The Devil's Dictionary" and wrote numerous editorials and satirical columns after serving as a battlefield cartographer during the Civil War. As a young man, Bierce murdered his father in a dispute over the spoils of a robbery. He lived through the tragic deaths of two his children, and ultimately died on the battlefield in Mexico.
Wellman, of New York City, received a Village Voice Obie for Best New American Play for "Bad Penny, Terminal Hip and Crowbar" in 1990 and another for "Sincerity Forever" in 1991. He was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1990.
Mark Robinson of Village Voice said of "Bitter Bierce," "the play invites us to re-read Wellman's earlier work with an eye to the emotional turmoil beneath its own surface."
The play began on March 20 and will continue through March 22. Performances, which are 90 minutes long, begin at 8:30 p.m. Doors open for dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 general admission and $15 for students and Yale Cabaret members. Tickets must be purchased in advance by calling the Cabaret box office at (203) 432-1566.
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