Dombey and Son
From: Monday, 29th October 2012
To: Tuesday, 30 October 2012
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Synopsis
For Dombey, money and the power it brings are the only gods worth worshipping. But can money really buy him everything he dreams of? What of love, or life itself? This is a tale of pride and passion, generosity and greed, of human foibles and the society which breeds them. A tale told with Dickens' characteristic humour, indignation and pathos.
Our Review:
Barbara Maxwell - 29 October 2012
The Tobacco Factory Theatre transports you back to the London of Charles Dickens with Dombey and Son. Not the gracious living of the aristocracy, but the poverty and dirt of the East End of London.
Dickens has to be one of our greatest writers and storytellers. He manages to bring to life the times of the mid nineteenth century – warts and all! His characters are living, breathing people telling life as it was then, mainly for the lower members of society. To take one of his stories and adapt it for the stage is no mean feat. To take one of his stories and adapt it for a cast of six, performing it in the round is quite unbelievable. Yet that is what Jude Emmet manages to do quite brilliantly. The story flows along with an energy and pace and takes us from humour to horror in the blink of an eye.
Mr Dombey, wonderfully portrayed by Ian Gain, is an arrogant and cruel man. His two obsessions in life are money and his son – hence Dombey and...
Creative
Charles Dickens (Book)
Red Dog Theatre (Company)
Jude Emmet (Adaptation)
Sue Colverd (Director)
Corinne Hockley (Design)
Colin Sell (Music)
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