Out of military turmoil, ‘Cry Havoc’ delivers visceral poetry – Houston Chronicle

Stephan Wolfert’s “Cry Havoc!,” being staged now by the 4th Wall Theatre Company, is billed as a one-man show about PTSD viewed through the lens of war plays like “Hamlet,” “Henry V” and “Richard III,” but here’s the rub: Most one-man shows and plays that try to connect literature with “issues” fail. They are almost always better in concept than in practice. Wolfert’s show is intriguing in concept and exhilarating in practice. Developed over the course of a lifetime, this autobiographical piece is an emotional, intellectual and political wallop.

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