Thursday
6th March 2003
Classic
tragedy from the National Theatre |
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McTeer as the Duchess of Malfi |
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The
National Theatre's new staging of Webster's dark tragedy The Duchess
of Malfi visits Malvern Theatres. |
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The
National Theatre are coming to Malvern bringing an outstanding cast
and a classic play.
Janet McTeer - star of TV's the Governor - and Lorcan Cranitch - from
Ballykissangel - head a big cast.
The Duchess of Malfi was written nearly four hundred years ago and
charts the calamitous consequences of a young widow's refusal to obey
the command of her brothers.
They forbid her to remarry but she secretly enters into a passionate
new bond.
Then, when the spy Bosola is planted in her household, a trap is set
which leads to exile, torture, madness and death.
The Duchess is one of the most celebrated and demanding female roles
of Jacobean theatre and is played by Janet McTeer.
Winner of both the Olivier and Tony Awards for Nora in Ibsen's A Dolls
House (West End and Broadway) and has played numerous other theatrical
roles.
She is more widely known for her role in the popular ITV series The
Governor and was Oscar-nominated for her first major film Tumbleweeds.
Traditionally interpreted, the play has been given a modern staging
with a twentieth century Italian flavour under the direction of Phyllida
Lloyd.
Her many successful productions for the National Theatre include The
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and The Way of the World and she is renowned
for her direction of the West End hit Mamma Mia!
Janet McTeer is joined by no less than 23 actors and musicians including
Lorcan Cranitch who plays the spy, Bosola.
He is fondly remembered for his television role along side Patsy Palmer
in Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 1's McCready and Daughter and as Sean Dillon in Ballykissangel.
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