Madame Melville
From: Tuesday, 10th October 2000
To: Sunday, 11 March 2001
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Synopsis
Carl recalls his time as a 15-year-old in Paris in 1966, learning about life and love from his attractive and emotionally vulnerable teacher Claudie Melville.
Our Review:
23 October 2000
There's more than a passing similarity between Richard Nelson's new play, Madame Melville, and the stage adaptation of The Graduate, which has been installed at the Gielgud Theatre since April. Both are set in the 1960s, both tell the story of a young man seduced by an older woman and both are star vehicles.
But for all that, the two plays are most remarkable for being so different despite how much they have in common. First off, the star vehicle. Unlike in The Graduate, which has attracted Kathleen Turner and now Jerry Hall to play middle-aged seductress Mrs Robinson, in Madame Melville, it's the role of the young man that provides a comeback opportunity for Macaulay Culkin, of Home Alone fame.
It's disconcerting at first to see little "Kevin" grown so tall and gawky, but Culkin's face - all bee-stung lips and delicate features - is still immediately recognisable and mischievously cherubic. As...
Creative
Richard Nelson (Author)
Richard Nelson (Director)
Thomas Lynch (Design)
Peter Mumford (Lighting)
Scott Myers (Sound)
Fotini Dimou (Costume)
Ostar Enterprises Inc. (Producer)
Freddy DeMann (Producer)
Andrew Fell (Producer)
Adam Kenwright (Producer)
Gregory Mosher (Producer)
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