Les Enfants Terribles
From: Tuesday, 24th July 2012
To: Sunday, 12 August 2012
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Synopsis
Elisabeth and Paul, siblings orphaned in their adolescence, build themselves a private fantasy world in the confines of one room, in which laughter and play soon give way to a dangerous game too magical to resist. This sensual, playful and surprising work brings to life Cocteau's necromantic imagination in a bewitching ode to the beauty and fragility of youth.
Our Review:
30 July 2012
The Harbinger Company, under the directorship of Joel Cottrell, have struck gold again with their production of Les Enfants Terribles; a world premiere, in that it is the first ever English language stage adaptation of what is regarded as Cocteau’s masterpiece.
The claustrophobic world of the siblings, whose love/hate relationship rivals and precedes the pairings in Albee’s work, seems more intense and stifling, especially in the opening scene. The action takes place in the intimacy of bedrooms, brilliantly created by Amber Denulc; firstly a shared room in their parents’ house, cluttered with their stolen treasures and then in a more open and opulent space in the mansion of the sisters’ lover/husband to be which the couple appropriate.
It is the story of two teenage siblings, Elisabeth and Paul, and the fantasy world they create in the confines of their room, manifested in the games they play with each other and others.
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Creative
Jean Cocteau (Author)
Harbinger Theatre (Company)
Joel Cottrell (Director)
Helen Shutt (Adaptation)
Amber Dernulc (Design)
Alice Buckingham (Costume)
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