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From oklahomashakespeare.com: Howard Barker’s Scenes from an Execution makes sixteenth-century Venice the setting for a fearless and humorous exploration of sexual politics and the timeless tension between personal ambition and moral responsibility, between the patron’s demands and the artist’s autonomy.