Reviews
The Death of King Arthur
The playwright is a 25-year-old named Matthew Freeman who has brashly
tried to tell the back half of the Camelot tale as Shakespeare might
have. Amazingly, he has largely succeeded, rendering the familiar story
of honor and betrayal in an iambic pentameter that, at its best, is
both lyrical and clear.
-Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times
Reasons for Moving
"Reasons for Moving is a
dark, brooding, intimate, very personal drama about contemporary middle-aged
American men in crisis. It's compelling, intense, discomfiting, even a
little scary. And it marks Freeman as a writer of enormous promise, range,
and maturity."
-Martin Denton, www.nytheatre.com
The Great Escape
"Freeman's writing is remarkably strong here—vivid and exact and astonishingly far reaching."
-Martin Dention, www.nytheatre.com
The Americans
"...a sad, stirring, introspective piece..."
-Martin Denton, www.nytheatre.com
The Most Wonderful Love
"Talk about taking a cleaver to the Cleavers. The mid-American family at the heart of Matthew Freeman's fearless new satire, "The Most Wonderful Love," is decidedly fractured when the play begins. By the time it's over, a complete dismemberment has been performed...as savage as any slasher film."
-Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times
"The Most Wonderful Love is awesomely anarchic, gleefully taking potshots and/or turning on their ear all manner of sacred cows. That it does so without ever sacrificing its fundamental intelligence and integrity, and without ever really getting angry or shrill, makes it a particularly impressive achievement."
-Martin Denton, www.nytheatre.com
An Interview with the Author
""It's smart and hilarious, which won't surprise Freeman's fans; it's also, apart from its obvious parody of the central notions of pretentious theatre in general and this festival in particular, a devastating satire of the current culture of introspection and self-flagellation."
-Martin Denton, www.nytheatre.com
When is a Clock
"...there’s a monologue that deserves to be enshrined in some kind of hall of fame: it’s savvy and preposterous and utterly original...appealingly abnormal..."
-Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times
"Tantalizing and fascinating."
-Martin Denton, www.nytheatre.com
Publications
The Death of King Arthur - Playscripts, Inc.
Genesis in PLAYING WITH CANONS
The Death of King Arthur in PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS 2002
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Men
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens
60 Seconds to Shine Volume 1: 221 One-Minute Monologues for Men