THE THREE MUSKETEERS
Nearly every twist and turn of the original novel appears in this play: the rivalry between King Louis and Cardinal Richelieu, the (perhaps) unrequited love affair between Queen Anne and the Duke of Buckingham, and the various attempts of Richelieu and his evil retinue to embarrass the queen, estrange the king, and thus prevent the conception of an heir to the throne. Call to Adventure follows the action of the first half of the novel, ending in an exciting race to England by our four heroes to retrieve a pair of diamond tags given to the Duke of Buckingham by the queen in a moment of indiscretion.
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An even more impressive feat is Tim Philbin’s interpretation of Cardinal Richelieu. The temptation is great to play Richelieu as satanic. Philbin resisted this, and made the cardinal, above all else, a cool, practical man of politics–capable of great evil, of course, but ever mindful of the effect of such actions on his career and his cause.
