'Timon' of a galaxy far, far away ...

In Chicago Shakespeare Theater's new rethinking of Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens," the venerable London stage actor Ian McDiarmid plays Timon, "a psychological mess," the actor says, "a British lord in America, rich from birth and generous with money, then he loses that money and people turn their backs ...."

By Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune reporter

May 3, 2012