A staged reading of Villa Dolorosa (Three Botched Birthdays) by Rebekka Kricheldorf translated from German by Princeton Translator-in-Residence Neil Blackadder. Villa Dolorosa is a free adaptation of Chekhov’s Three Sisters. Where Chekhov, in a tragicomic mode, depicted the plight of three sisters at the turn of the twentieth century with limited capacity to give their own lives meaning, Kricheldorf writes a comedy about three early-twenty-first-century sisters who could easily make different choices - but fail to. Open to University community; no tickets required.
A staged reading of Villa Dolorosa (Three Botched Birthdays) by Rebekka Kricheldorf translated from German by Princeton Translator-in-Residence Neil Blackadder. Villa Dolorosa is a free adaptation of Chekhov’s Three Sisters. Where Chekhov, in a tragicomic mode, depicted the plight of three sisters at the turn of the twentieth century with limited capacity to give their own lives meaning, Kricheldorf writes a comedy about three early-twenty-first-century sisters who could easily make different choices - but fail to. Open to University community; no tickets required.
beautiful. reporter: security was tight around the villa dolorosa where christians believe he walked. there are is stations which in the latin mines the way of sorrow. begins with jesus receiving his cross and ends with his death and resurrection. this easter takes on special meaning for more than one billion roman catholics who recently elected the new pope, francis the first. he has stressed humility and service to the unfortunate. what is different about the pope this time he is really involved with poor people and charity work and everything and that will be really important to the work of the catholic church. reporter: following the example of jesus in the last supper , pope francis traveled to a prison to wash feet of young inmates where he stresses the importance of reaching out to those in need. the vatican announced this week that pope francis will join bartholomew i with eastern orthodox trip in a