Duet for One
From: Thursday, 22nd January 2009
To: Saturday, 14 March 2009
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Synopsis
With strong echoes of the life and experiences of celebrated cellist Jacqueline du Pre running through it, the play tells of Stephanie, an eminent violinist, who has been confined to a wheelchair by multiple sclerosis. On her husband's advice she consults a psychiatrist to help her come to terms with a life deprived of its main purpose. Under the quiet probing questions, layer after layer of protective pretence is stripped from her, revealing dangerous depths of resentment and despair.
Latest User Review
Gareth James - 12 March 2009: 
Time hasn't been too kind to this play; it isn't the classic I remember. It's major problem is imbalance - between the deadly slow first act and the much more gripping second and between a really meaty role for the patient and a caricature German-Jewish psychiatrist who only becomes real in the last 30 mins. Still, it's worth seeing for a terrific turn from Juliet Stevenson; one of her very best....
Cast
Juliet Stevenson (Stephanie Abrahams)
Henry Goodman (Dr Feldmann)
Creative
Tom Kempinski (Author)
Pinsent Masons (Corporate Sponsor)
Dean and Jenny Topper (Producer)
Matthew Lloyd (Director)
Lez Brotherston (Design)
Jason Taylor (Lighting)
John Leonard (Sound)
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