The Kentucky Cycle | A Mythological Study in the American Past
In this review, Horn portrays ‘‘The Kentucky
Cycle’’ as a mythological study in the American past.
Arriving in Kentucky’s Cumberland hills in 1775, the patriarch of the Rowen clan kidnaps for himself a Cherokee bride. When she proves unwilling and tries to escape, he lames her by slashing her tendons. Fifteen years later, this resourceful pioneer coos to his captive bride his sweet memories of their ‘‘courtin’ days.’’
Such distortions of memory—both personal and historical—are at the core of The Kentucky Cycle, the Pulitzer Prize-winning 6 -hour drama that opened last week at Washington’s Kennedy Center before heading to Broadway this fall....
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