The Second Mrs Tanqueray
From: Thursday, 27th September 2012
To: Saturday, 27 October 2012
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Synopsis
When Arthur Tanqueray marries for the second time, he knows that his new wife, Paula, is a ?woman with a past'. But he has no idea how that past will catch up with him in the end.
Our Review:
Michael Coveney - 8 October 2012
Arthur Wing Pinero, a key figure in the modern British theatre, acted with Irving and launched issue-based social comedy alongside Shaw (who was always rather rude about him) in the shadow of Ibsen.
The Second Mrs Tanqueray was a sensation in 1893 but still resonates as a portrait of inequality in a marriage, especially as Paula Tanqueray comes with the additional baggage of being a woman with "A Past". Her new husband, Aubrey, is more worried about losing his male friends than keeping his new woman.
Stephen Unwin's revival is far more palatable than the National's revival 30 years ago, which revealed Felicity Kendal’s Paula as a stern-jawed, steely mannequin among a roomful of comic waxworks; but for all her simpering vitality and lustrous beauty, Laura Michelle Kelly is almost entirely out of period as the restless heroine. The stretch from Mary Poppins is just a little too far.
Partly this is Pinero's fault. Despite the richness of his story, and...
Cast
Joseph Alessi (Cayley Drummle)
Daniel Goode (Sir George Orreyed/Gordon Jayne MD)
Adam Jackson-Smith (Captain Hugh Ardale)
David Mara (Frank Misquith QC MP)
David Whitworth (Morse)
Laura Michelle Kelly (Paula Tanqueray)
James Wilby (Aubrey Tanqueray)
Rona Morison (Ellean Tanqueray)
Sally Tatum (Mabel Orreyed)
Jessica Turner (Mrs Cortelyon)
Creative
Arthur W Pinero (Author)
Stephen Unwin (Director)
Paul Wills (Design)
Mike Gunning (Lighting)
Mark Bouman (Costume)
David Starmer (Sound)
Ginny Schiller (casting) (Director)
Mary-Clare O'Neill (assistant) (Director)
Corin Buckeridge (Music)
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