Shakespeare Rep modernizes `Timon'

Timon of Athens Through June 1

Ruth Page Theater, 1016 N. DearbornTickets, $24, $32(312) 642-2273RecommendedA compelling production of an angry Shakespeare rarity.Today's Shakespeare producers face two recurring questions: tomodernize or not to modernize the Elizabethan playwright, and whether'tis nobler to ignore the Bard's more obscure works.Shakespeare Repertory Theater has taken on both of thesechallenges in its current production of one of the rarest of thephilosopher-artist's plays, the little-known late tragedy, "Timon ofAthens."In turning to British director Michael Bogdanov, Shakespeare Rephas enlisted the finest hands for bringing the works of fourcenturies …