King Philip's Head is Still on That Pike Just Down the Road
King Philip's Head is Still on That Pike Just Down the Road
78%
78%
(10 Ratings)
Positive
70%
Mixed
30%
Negative
0%
Members say
Great acting, Resonant, Quirky, Slow, Confusing

About the Show

In Clubbed Thumb's world premiere, the councilmen of Plymouth Colony determine how to be Good in the New World.

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Critic Reviews (2)

The New York Times
June 23rd, 2019

"Not incidentally, the self-serious men here are all portrayed by women, who manage to maintain lugubriously straight faces while tickling their audiences into stupefied giddiness...While the gender-swapping casting works beautifully here, this is not a play about the subjugation and erasure of women in public life. Or not only that. Broader notions of what constitutes equality are parsed, in deliciously convoluted language...One of this season’s tastier diversions."
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Exeunt Magazine
June 26th, 2019

"The sparring between Brown and Good is comedic on the surface, but what simmers under it is fear and heartbreak and bloodthirstiness. With the stakes so high for these characters, but the dialogue so frivolous, it sets up a juxtaposition that underscores every word."
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