![]() The "Revisited" differentiates this from an earlier dramatization in the early 1980s in that it is a new adaptation by Adrian Hall that delves deeper into Abbott's psyche by incorporating material from Abbott's second book ( My Return, 1987) and various court records, newspaper, radio and TV accounts that take us right up to his prison suicide. The play, In the Belly of the Beast Revisited is based on the book that grew out of Abbott's prison correspondence with Norman Mailer who was so seduced by its vividness that he became an advocate for the publication of the letters and Abbott's release from prison. One such life currently being excavated from the grave by David Mogentale, one of the company's and this reviewer's favorite interpreters of at once fascinating and repellent anti-heros, is that of convicted killer John Henry Abott. What you get is a no-holds barred look at a nightmarish world of lives lived in the lower depths. ![]() Smith, Heidi James & Gordon HolmesĪnyone who's been to the 29th Street Rep knows not to expect easy entertainment or uplifting agit-prop. ![]() Front: David Mogentale as John Henry Abbott. ![]()
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