Playhouse Creatures
From: Friday, 4th April 2003
To: Saturday, 10 May 2003
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Synopsis
The sorry lives of women who become actresses after the 1669 Royal decree allowing them to perform on stage. A rollicking bawdy story, full of rude hilarity, earthy comedy and heartbreak, proving that there is 'No Business Like Show Business'. The play was expanded for the 1997 Peter Hall Company production. Contains strong language
Our Review:
15 April 2003
In the second half of the 17th century, the theatres - well, two of them, for the moment - have reopened after their 18-year closure under Cromwell. Doll Common, candle-lit, rises from one of the whizzo new trapdoor contraptions to explain that, in her father's time, this was a bear-pit. It's a reference to she returns at the end when she reveals how the creature turned on its master.
In Playhouse Creatures, the beasts in question are of a different breed - women, banned from English stages until Charles II opened them up again in 1660. And April De Angelis plays fast and loose with history in her depiction of them, pitching half a dozen famous actresses of the day together into the company of Thomas Betterton. The great actor-manager makes no appearance himself; his grande dame wife acts as his conduit and embodies the old school of actress, schooled in the appropriate angles of the head for every emotion and ever subservient to the lead male whose foil...
Creative
April de Angelis (Author)
West Yorkshire Playhouse (Producer)
John Tiffany (Director)
Neil Warmington (Design)
Natasha Chivers (Lighting)
Nick Powell (Music)
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