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Updated February 2, 2009

Edge New York

Review: Cornbury: The Queen’s Governor
As one of history’s most notorious cross-dressers, the royal governor of New York presents a potentially fascinating subject for ’queer theater,’ but not playing it for laughs as is done here.

Updated January 30, 2009

New York Times

The Man Who Would Be Queen
If you had imagined that the follies of governors were a feature exclusive to the new century, this rambling comic romp will set you straight. Well, perhaps straight isn’t the word.

nytheatre.com

Review: Cornbury: The Queen's Governor

AmericanTheaterWeb

Review - Cornbury: The Queen's Governor - History Served Unevenly

CurtainUp

Review: Cornbury: The Queen's Governor
Eliot Spitzer and Rod R. Blagojevich certainly aren't the first American Governors whose behavior shocked their constituents. Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury who became the third English Royal Governor in 1702, liked dressing up in elaborate gowns and wigs

TheaterMania

Review: Cornbury: The Queen's Governor
Theatre Askew presents an uneven production of William M. Hoffman and Anthony Holland's play about the cross-dressing colonial governor.

Variety

Review: Cornbury: The Queen's Governor
We could stand the wolf hunting, the senate seat selling and the prostitute traffic, but "Cornbury: The Queen's Governor" has gone too far with its portrayal of gubernatorial cross-dressing.

Back Stage

Cornbury: The Queen's Governor reviewed by Leonard Jacobs [critics pick]
As he minces, flounces, and flits, watching David Greenspan as Edward Hyde is a trés gay fey treat.

Travalanche

Cornbury
...Imagine my delight when I heard that two of my favorite actors, David Greenspan and Everett Quinton, would be starring in Cornbury: The Queen’s Governor, a Ridiculous style play about Cornbury’s alleged antics.