Life is a Dream
From: Thursday, 8th October 2009
To: Saturday, 28 November 2009
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Synopsis
To protect the country from the horrors prophesied, Segismundo is condemned for all eternity. Banished to a secret world high in the mountains and cut off from the sun, he can only dream of a life reversed: of palaces, empires, freedom and revenge.
Our Review:
Michael Coveney - 14 October 2009
Since he last appeared on the London stage in Tom Stoppard’s Rock 'n' Roll, Dominic West has found wider television fame and fortune as the flawed and fiery cop hero Jimmy McNulty in The Wire.
Calderon de la Barca’s Polish prince Segismundo is a brave and inspired choice of role with which to remind us of his power and personality, and Jonathan Munby’s gloriously impassioned and witty production proves an ideal setting for him.
Calderon’s 1635 verse masterpiece Life Is a Dream, in a “new version” by Helen Edmundson – excuse me, who did the translation? – has not been seen to any great effect in the British theatre since John Barton’s RSC production in 1983; even though that, too, was a studio affair, the prince did appear at the head of the third act popular uprising on a real live horse.
The horses and flurry of the battlefield are done here with sound and light effects, ...
Latest User Review
CAA - 12 November 2009:
An excellent production, very well cast. It makes me wonder why Calderon is so neglected in the UK? The Donmar is back on form....
Cast
Dominic West (Segismundo)
Malcolm Storry (Basilio)
Rupert Evans (Astolfo)
Kate Fleetwood (Rosaura)
David Horovitch (Clotaldo)
Lloyd Hutchinson (Clarion)
Sharon Small (Estrella)
David Smith (Soldier 2/Servant 2)
Dylan Turner (Soldier 1/Servant 1)
Creative
Pedro Calderon de la Barca (Author)
Donmar (Producer)
Helen Edmundson (Adaptation)
Jonathan Munby (Director)
Angela Davies (Design)
Neil Austin (Lighting)
Dominic Haslam (Sound)
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