Nightingale
From: Tuesday, 17th January 2006
To: Sunday, 19 February 2006
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Synopsis
Inspired by memories of Lynn Redgrave's maternal grandmother, Beatrice Kempson, mother of the late Rachel Kempson (Lady Redgrave) Nightingale is the story of Mildred Asher whose voice, like the song of the Nightingale, can only be heard in the dark.
Our Review:
23 January 2006
Plays with aggressively poetic names like Candleland or Crocodile Sonata often repay avoidance. So the news that Lynn Redgrave’s latest offering was titled Nightingale hardly had me tripping through Hampstead in anticipation.
The play was inspired by the memory of the author’s maternal grandmother, Beatrice Kempson, and presents an intriguing series of snapshots of an Edwardian woman’s life from adolescence onwards. Styling her vaguely remembered relative under the name Mildred Asher, Redgrave’s self-directed one-hander highlights crucial moments of this ‘seemingly chilly’ woman’s life.
Thus, we witness the excruciating wedding night of a girl shockingly unprepared for married life’s onslaught of intimacy. Or we see a bored young mum contemplating the start of “another day” like some Kensal Rise refugee from Beckett’s Happy Days. Especially touching is the moment Mildred is informed by a stuttering official that her beloved son h...
Creative
Lynn Redgrave (Author)
New End Theatre (Producer)
Mirror Repertory Company (Company)
Lynn Redgrave (Director)
John-Jackson Almond (associate director) (Director)
Charlotte Damigos (Design)
Mick Hughes (Lighting)
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