The Miser (L'Avare)
From: Thursday, 11th April 2013
To: Saturday, 18 May 2013
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Synopsis
Classical French comedy. Harpagon, the Miser, a capricious and unpredictable fool, attempts to ruin the lives of his family with the sole purpose of protecting his vast fortune. A fortune he has no intention of ever touching himself.
Our Review:
Judi Herman - 15 April 2013
It’s not just the flowers that are in bud at the Watermill Theatre. New talent is being nurtured there thanks to FREEWHEEL, a project giving young professional actors and designers the chance of an extended rehearsal period under the leadership of no less luminary than Nancy Meckler.
If the première of Martin Sherman’s sprightly new adaptation of this [Molière] favourite, directed by Meckler with young director Ant Stones as her assistant, is anything to go by, the project is a resounding success. Young designer Ellan Parry has seized the opportunity and challenge represented by the Watermill’s intimate auditorium to provide a thrust stage placing performers and audience in a shared space ideal for the confidences – and the ribaldry – of Molière spiced with the commedia dell'arte knockabout that inspired the great farce writer.
She backs this up with a fantastical wall of padlocks, chains...
Creative
Moliere (Author)
The Watermill (Producer)
Martin Sherman (Adaptation)
Nancy Meckler (Director)
Keith Clouston (Music)
Clive Mendus (Commedia and Clown Training) (Other)
Ellan Parry (Design)
Joshua Carr (Lighting)
Liz Ranken (movement) (Director)
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