The Magnificent Cuckold at the Connelly Theater

The East River Commedia presents The Magnificent Cuckold, by Fernand Crommelynck, new translation by Ben Sonnenberg and Amiel Melnick, at the Connelly Theater from 14 Sep - 6 Oct 2007.

The Magnificent Cuckold: Bruno, the village scribe, is married to a beautiful and utterly devoted young woman named Stella. He makes a good living composing love letters for the uneducated villagers, many of which are addressed to his wife. He is also the kind of man whose eloquence can lift him off into rhapsodies of brilliant exaggeration. As a character verging on the manic, his paranoia is easily excited. Bruno convinces himself that his fear of being cuckolded can be appeased only by the certainty of knowing he is a cuckold. So he offers his wife first to his best friend and then, when that fails to appease him, to all the young men of the village.

This demented decision disrupts village life: the town turns violently against him and Stella is threatened by the women of the village with torture, degradation and expulsion.

Directed by Paul Bargetto,The Magnificent Cuckold features Troy Lavallee (Bruno), Morgan Lynch, Tuomas Hiltunen, Reet Roos Varnik, Jeffrey Woodard, Jorge Rubio, Eric Dean Scott, Laura Wickens, Meredith Napolitano, Joe Sevier, Dan Cozzens, Max Woertendyke, Jessica Bates, Ishah Janssen-Faith, Ashley Avis and Kayla Lian.

The design team comprises Mimi Lien (sets), Amanda Bujak (costumes) and Tim Cryan (lighting).