NT : What's On : Productions : Thérèse Raquin
Thérèse Raquin
a play by Emile Zola
adapted by Nicholas Wright
Mysterious disappearances, domestic cases, noiseless, bloodless snuffings-out… the law can look as deep as it likes, but when the crime itself goes unsuspected… oh yes, there's many a murderer basking in the sun.
Stifled by an oppressive mother-in-law and a sickly husband, Thérèse Raquin falls passionately for another man. Their feverish affair drives the lovers to an act of terrible desperation, which catapults them headlong into a world more claustrophobic than the one they sought to destroy.
This gripping thriller, adapted by Zola himself from his notorious novel, is seen here in a version by Nicholas Wright whose recent work at the National includes Vincent in Brixton, and his adaptations of Three Sisters and His Dark Materials.
I'm frightened. There's something happening that I can't control.
Directed by Marianne Elliott, winner of the Evening Standard Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director for Pillars of the Community.
Captioned performance
Wednesday 10 January 7.30pm
Audio-Described performances
Friday 16 February 7.30pm
Saturday 17 February 2.15pm
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Cast credits:
Understudy : Timothy Allsop
Understudy : Judith Coke
M. Michaud : Michael Culkin
Laurent : Ben Daniels
Therese : Charlotte Emmerson
Grivet : Mark Hadfield
Understudy : Rendah Heywood
Camille : Patrick Kennedy
Suzanne : Emma Lowndes
Understudy : Edward Newborn
Madame Raquin : Judy Parfitt
Production credits:
Director: Marianne Elliott
Set Design: Hildegard Bechtler
Costume Designer: Fotini Dimou
Lighting Designer: Neil Austin
Music: Olly Fox
Movement Director: Laila Diallo
Sound Designer: Christopher Shutt
photo (Charlotte Emmerson, Ben Daniels) by Jillian Edelstein
Thérèse Raquin finished on: 21 February 2007
