The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
From: Friday, 4th January 2013
To: Sunday, 13 January 2013
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Synopsis
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's epic poem of supernatural terrors. A doomed ship sails through ice fields and sudden storms, circled high above by a solitary albatross. The eagle eyed mariner below narrows his gaze, fixes his target and lets loose his bow. His fate, and that of all his crew mates are sealed in an instant.
Our Review:
Michael Coveney - 9 January 2013
Fiona Shaw as the Ancient Mariner? Not exactly, but the soul and spirit of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s ’s riveting romantic poem, certainly. In just fifty minutes, and accompanied by dancer Daniel Hay-Gordon, Shaw brings alive the ghostly tale as both narrator and protagonist.
Hay-Gordon, at first the wedding guest who is button-holed by the old salt, becomes the shadow of the albatross, a member of the stricken crew, the figure of Death and finally the aghast sailor himself, condemned to roam the world and tell his tale, like the Wandering Jew or the Flying Dutchman.
He then retreats to the depths of the tunnel, a sadder, wiser man, while Shaw lolls against the brick wall in her deck shoes and nautical navy jumper. What she’s done is channel the great poem, mashed it, and ushered it through the vaulted chamber with the aid of a big white tarpaulin, a model schooner, a subtle sound score – and the rumbling trains above -- and some wonderful lighti...
Creative
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Author)
Young Vic (Producer)
Phylidda Lloyd (Director)
Chloe Obolensky (Design)
Jean Kalman (Lighting)
Kim Brandstrup (Choreographer)
Mel Cercier (Sound)
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