A sensitive adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover will be performed at The Riverfront on May 31 at 7.30pm as part of a 25 date national tour to commemorate the 125th anniversary of D.H. Lawrence’s birth. This moving production brings to life one of literature’s most passionate and memorable love affairs played against the background of the anxious times that society faced after the First World War. Buxton Opera House are pleased to note the top quality cast within the production, the leading lady Rebecca Aswani who plays Connie Reid has been in renowned films such as Road Trip and also Darren Daly who plays Oliver Mellors has been in television dramas Dalziel and Pascoe and Peak Practice. Lady Chatterley’s Lover provoked a storm of controversy when it was first published in 1928 and was banned from being published again because of its sensual content, however in 1960 Penguin Books decided to question the ruling. It was eventually allowed to be published and as a result sold 200,000 copies as soon as the book was published. The play tells the story of Connie Reid, a young, wealthy married woman who feels frustrated in a passionless marriage and consequently falls in the arms of her husband’s gatekeeper Oliver Mellors. Their affair causes social scandal and they are both subjected to and onslaught of jealousy, hate and greed. Buxton Opera House is a fresh arts company that only started producing its own drama productions last year. The artistic production team for Lady Chatterley’s Lover are the Opera House Chief Executive Andrew Vaughan who will be Producer, Yvonne Hurt who is Director and writer Paul Hurt who together worked on Buxton Opera House’s first venture of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and are now rejoining once again. The new adaptation of Lady Chatterley’s Lover is true to the text and dialogue and also adapts the figure of Lawrence as the narrator. Please note: This production contains scenes of an explicit nature including nudity. Tickets are priced from £7.50 - £14 with reductions also available. To book, please call The Riverfront Box Office on 01633 656757. |
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| rachel kinchin e-mail: rachel.kinchin@newport.gov.uk |
Friday, May 26, 2006 |
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