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GBS
Theatre
The outstandingly successful revival of Gorki’s “Philistines” at the National Theatre has reminded audiences of the power and originality of Chekhov’s protégé. Gorki’s extraordinary and often violent early life gave him an insight into the often savage behaviour of the Russian petit bourgeoisie, peasants who had clawed their way into the new middle class. The story concerns the struggle for the inheritance of Zahar Zheleznov. As his children and relatives quarrel over the spoils, Vassa his wife, is prepared to commit any crime necessary to keep the business which she has sweated to build up. “For the sake of your children...nothing is shameful, nothing is ever a sin.” This fascinating
study of a strong matriarch is not without wry humour as it exposes
the follies of greed. Jerwood
Vanbrugh Theatre
The Irish Republic, a neutral country in the Second World War, is the setting for this witty and compelling play about a conflict closer to home. In Dolly’s kitchen, just south of the border with the north, an Irish family come face to face with the ‘allies’ – English and American soldiers who slip over the border for relaxation and romance. But the tensions of relationships old and new transform the lives of those who meet there forever. McGuinness’ ear for the nuances of speech makes this a fascinating example of how three cultures using the same language can be so easily at odds with each other and lead to misunderstanding with devastating results. The characters
are beautifully drawn in their complexity and the play has had equal
success in its productions at the Abbey Theatre Dublin in 1999 and
subsequently at the Old Vic Theatre in London and in translation in
Tokyo. GBS
Theatre
1943, on the island of Guernsey during the Nazi occupation of the Channel Isles, is Buffini’s location for an intriguing and brilliant contemporary play, winner of the LWT Plays on the Stage Award in 1996. When a naked young man is washed up on a beach, fluent in both English and German but with no recollection as to who he is, speculation begins among the local population and the occupying forces. Is he an SS man or a British pilot? An innocent or a spy? Has he truly lost his memory or is he hiding a dangerous identity? As he begins to
attract attention from the women who shelter him and from the German
commandant, his presence puts the islanders in increasing danger. Jerwood
Vanbrugh Theatre
To celebrate the 300th Anniversary of the birth of Goldoni, the great comic genius of Italian classic theatre, we present one of Goldoni’s funniest and most lively plays in a fast moving and vernacular adaptation by Lee Hall which was commissioned by the RSC in 1999. First staged in 1745, Goldoni revolutionised the improvised Commedia dell’Arte with its stock characters and created a realistic text with more psychologically complex characters, whilst drawing on the twists and turns of the traditional plots. Truffaldino, a peasant trickster, is always on the lookout for a job and the next meal. When the opportunity arises to work for two masters at once and earn two wages, he seizes the opportunity without taking any thought for the difficulties of the task, not least because one of his ‘masters’ is a woman in disguise. The result is considerable confusion in which he has to think twice as fast as everyone else. Ticket
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