Lolita

by Vladimir Nabokov
edited by Richard Nelson

 ‘Evocative, engrossing evening...Brian Cox [delivers] a stunning piece of acting.' The Times

 'Cox's first appearance at the National Theatre in almost two decades is a treat.'  Evening Standard

 

In the course of the sun-shot moment that my glance slithered over the kneeling child, while I passed by her in my adult disguise, the vacuum of my soul managed to suck in every detail of her bright beauty.

Humbert Humbert is a European intellectual adrift in America, haunted by memories of thwarted adolescent love. He becomes obsessed and involved with 12-yearold Dolores Haze; but first he must deal with the mother.

Richard Nelson has adapted one of the best known and most controversial stories of the 20th century.

Lolita finished on: 21 September 2009