Judith: A Parting from the Body
From: Monday, 7th February 2011
To: Saturday, 26 February 2011
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Synopsis
Howard Barker's 1990 tragedy of female heroism and sexual desire where personal morality is sacrificed for political interests. It re-tells the Biblical story of Judith as a duel of power games and seduction that spirals out of control. On the eve of a destructive battle against the people of Israel, Judith sets out to seduce and kill their enemy's general. But a game of challenge and counter-challenge develops, in which she ultimately falls victim to her own sexual desires.
Our Review:
10 February 2011
At just 55 minutes Howard Barker’s Judith: A Parting From The Body is a stark, brutal piece of stage poetry from the pen of a writer who, like so many that the Cock Tavern champions, is shockingly under-performed.
There’s a degree of virility about Robyn Winfield-Smith’s production but it doesn’t quite rise to the text’s challenges. Based on the biblical legend of Judith and Holofernes, the play has something of the emotional breadth of the Greeks and it’s a lot for the actors to handle.
As the runt turned general, Liam Smith lacks the callousness of a warrior seemingly immune to the suffering of war. He’s too much the philosopher, too little the murderer and an element of masculine swagger would give his confession of a fearful childhood greater impact.
As the Widow of Israel, who seduces the Assyrian general in order to avert the threat of defeat, growing from reluctant whore to arrogant v...
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Howard Barker (Author)
Robyn Winfield-Smith (Director)
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