The Heresy of Love
From: Thursday, 2nd February 2012
To: Friday, 9 March 2012
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Synopsis
In a convent in Mexico, one of the brightest women of her generation strives to reconcile her love for God with her desire for learning and acclaim. Her gift for writing plays and poetry is celebrated by the Court, but her success creates alarm and jealousy within the Church. Persecuted by a zealous archbishop and betrayed by those closest to her, Sister Juana s fragile world threatens to crumble around her as everything she holds dear is cruelly destroyed by dangerous ambition and illicit desires.
Our Review:
13 February 2012
Political intrigue, 17th century religious dogmatism and a steamy Mexican powder keg: all the ingredients for Helen Edmundson’s new play for the Royal Shakespeare Company are ready to be brewed into a fascinating concoction.
And chef Nancy Meckler, directing this historical study of the Catholic Church’s oppression of the playwriting nun Sister Juana Ines de la Cruz, does so with panache and plenty of chilli-hot emotions.
She is ably assisted by Katrina Lindsay’s designs and Ben Ormerod’s lighting, both of which add to the sultry undertones and darkly luxuriant opulence of the Spanish overlords in Mexico City circa 1690.
But it’s the performances that really grip as the drama unfolds, painfully slowly to begin with, then gaining pace as the three hours roll out, to culminate in the inevitable but still achingly poignant destruction – both physically and mentally – of this extraordinary, vibrant woman with too much to say ...
Cast
Catherine McCormack (Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz)
Teresa Banham (Madre Marguerita)
Geoffrey Beevers (Fray Antonio)
Stephen Boxer (Archbishop Aguiar)
Raymond Coulthard (Bishop Santa Cruz)
Laura Darrall
Catherine Hamilton (Vicereine)
Sarah Ovens (Angelica)
Daniel Stewart (Viceroy)
Simon Thorp (Don Hernando)
Dona Croll
Marty Cruickshank
Diana Kent
Youssef Kerkour
Ian Midlane
Creative
Helen Edmundson (Author)
Royal Shakespeare Company (Company)
Nancy Meckler (Director)
Katrina Lindsay (Design)
Ben Ormerod (Lighting)
Ilona Sekacz (Music)
John Leonard (Sound)
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