Thérèse Raquin (NHB Modern Plays) E-Book

Émile Zola

• Herausgeber: Nick Hern Books
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014

Beschreibung

A story of lust, madness and destruction set in the backstreets of Paris. Based on Emile Zola's classic novel. The beautiful but doomed heroine is trapped in a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille. Every Thursday evening she watches her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin, play dominoes... until one day her husband brings along an old friend, the alluring and athletic Laurent. As Laurent and Thérèse embark on an illicit affair, a turbulent passion is unleashed that drives them ultimately to violence and murder. Helen Edmundson's sensuous adaptation of Thérèse Raquin premiered at the Theatre Royal, Bath, in July 2014. '[a] compelling, poetic and fleet adaptation... riveting' The Times 'period noir, a psychological thriller that will pin you to your seat as surely as a Hitchcock film' Daily Mail 'highly intelligent and horribly compelling' Independent

Leseprobe

Émile Zola

THÉRÈSE RAQUIN

adapted for the stage by

Helen Edmundson

NICK HERN BOOKS

London

www.nickhernbooks.co.uk

Contents

Title Page

Original Production

Characters

Thérèse Raquin

About the Author

Copyright and Performing Rights Information

This version of Thérèse Raquin was first performed in the Main House at the Theatre Royal Bath on 7 August 2014 (previews from 30 July), with the following cast:

SUPERINTENDENT MICHAUD

Desmond Barrit

LAURENT

Kieran Bew

GRIVET

Michael Mears

SUZANNE

Charlotte Mills

THÉRÈSE

Pippa Nixon

CAMILLE

Hugh Skinner

MADAME RAQUIN

Alison Steadman

ENSEMBLE

Lynsey Beauchamp, Christopher Bianchi, Simon Carroll-Jones, Jennifer Jackson

Director

Jonathan Munby

Designer

Mike Britton

Lighting Designer

Oliver Fenwick

Sound Designer

Carolyn Downing

Composer

Dominic Haslam

Movement Director

Ann Yee

Produced by Danny Moar and Simon Friend, Theatre Royal Bath Productions

Characters

MADAME RAQUIN

THÉRÈSE RAQUIN, niece of Madame Raquin

CAMILLE RAQUIN, son of Madame Raquin

MONSIEUR GRIVET, colleague of Camille’s

SUPERINTENDENT MICHAUD, family friend

SUZANNE, niece of Superintendent Michaud

LAURENT, friend and colleague of Camille

And PRIESTS, COFFIN BEARERS, WEDDING GUESTS

This ebook was created before the end of rehearsals and so may differ slightly from the play as performed.