'Tis Pity She's a Whore

Synopsis

The course of true love never did run smooth - Giovanni and Annabella love each other deeply but there is a barrier between them that means that they can never be together - for that would be incest. A rollercoaster ride of desire and turmoil with an unforgettable finale.

Our Review:

23 September 2010

The Jacobeans tended to rush in where Tarantino would think twice about treading, or rather wading in gore. More miserable sinners here than fools, but shocking misogyny: little old ladies dealt with ferociously and condemned brutally to death, yet murderers get off almost scot free… So does this sensational tale of unthinkable love which really should not speak its name, have much to tell us these days?
 
For a start, the split level set is marvelous, very simple but very clever, with Annabella’s bedchamber in a pit - more of a bearpit in the second half. Few quibbles, though an occasionally blurred time scale meant events proceeded at a disjointed pace. Costume, maybe 30s, with Noel Coward dressing gown, but Giovanni, if no model student, sporting a modern look, complete with lengthy scarf, which is more Dr Who (Dr What!? Or, as events turn out, Dr WTF?). Hugh Skinner does well with this difficult role, passionate and...

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