Love's Fire is a collection of seven short plays by American writers based on Shakespeare's Sonnets. It was commissioned and premiered by The Acting Company in its 1997-98 season, and directed by Mark Lamos. It was presented by the Barbican Centre in London, before transferring to the Joseph Papp Public Theatre Off Broadway.
Plays The plays comprised: "Bitter Sauce" by Eric Bogosian, inspired by Sonnet 118 "Hydraulics Phat Like Mean" by Ntozake Shange, inspired by Sonnet 128; a dance piece, with original music by Chico Freeman and choreography by Dyane Harvey "140" by Marsha Norman, inspired by Sonnet 140 "Terminating" by Tony Kushner, inspired by Sonnet 75 "Painting You" by William Finn, inspired by Sonnet 102 "Waiting for Philip Glass" by Wendy Wasserstein, inspired by Sonnet 94 "The General of Hot Desire" by John Guare, inspired by Sonnets 153 and 154; original music by Adam Guettel
References
External links Review of 1998 New York Production at New York Magazine Review of 1998 New York Production at Curtain Up