A crippled dwarf is forced to become jester to a tyrannical king, but when the king abuses a beautiful dwarf with whom the jester is in love the jester plots a terrible revenge.A crippled dwarf is forced to become jester to a tyrannical king, but when the king abuses a beautiful dwarf with whom the jester is in love the jester plots a terrible revenge.A crippled dwarf is forced to become jester to a tyrannical king, but when the king abuses a beautiful dwarf with whom the jester is in love the jester plots a terrible revenge.
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- Hopfrog
- (as Michael Anderson)
- Trippetta
- (as Mireille Mosse)
- Minister Francis
- (as Glen Santiago)
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Having Michael Anderson (one of David Lynch's favorite actors) cast as the court jester, Hop Frog, while casting all the "normal" characters of the court with puppets was amazing. This is one of the most human stories. More pathos than the original E.A. Poe story, without loosing any of the original's impact.
With Julie Taymor's success with "Titus", there should be an enterprising soul willing to put this production out on DVD, where it can get the audience it deserves.
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- TriviaHarriet Sansom Harris's debut.
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Hopfrog: [on the chandelier chain, watching the King and his ministers burn] I now see distinctly what manner of people these masked beasts are! They are a great king and his seven privy councillors... a king who does not scruple to strike a defenseless girl and his seven councillors who abet himm in the outrage! As for myself, I am simply Hopfrog the Jester and this is my last jest!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Lion Taymor (2001)
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