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Preview by Paul Nelson
THE Rose and Crown Theatre, GreenHill Productions and horla are to
present A Doll's House, by Henrik Ibsen, in a new translation prepared
by Martin Adamson and adapted by horla.
Nora: A wonderful thing is going to happen.
Mrs Linde: A wonderful thing?
Nora: Yes, a wonderful thing! But it is so terrible.
First performed in Copenhagen in 1879, the play opens on Christmas Eve. Nora
wraps presents, decorates the tree and plays with her beloved children. Excitement
and love fills the Helmers' apartment. Nora is her husband's cherished 'songbird'
and the romance of their marriage has been played out over the years.
But beneath the carefree surface of their lives, the secret of how Nora saved
her husband's life begins to emerge. Is this idyll a paradise or a prison?
Nora must charm, delight and seduce if she is to survive.
Tension increases as the characters react against one another and this taut
and gripping drama ends as Nora demands her right to individual freedom. The
play has been voted one of the top 50 classics of world literature.
Fiona Aldridge plays Nora, her previous productions include Me in CoTA's Me
& Billy Joe McAllister (Rose & Crown, BAC), Daughter in Jacques
& his Master (Young Vic Studio), Her in The Last Word Just
Desserts New Writing Festival and Ophelia in horla's Hamlet (Rose &
Crown).
Peter Winnall's experience includes playing the Home Secretary in the hit
comedy Charlie Sexboots (Man In The Moon & Stratford Circus Theatres),
Dr Fischer in Passion Play (Donmar Warehouse), Sergeant Collins/Horace
in Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be (Palace Theatre, Westcliff) and he
has just completed a run of Peer Gynt (Arcola).
Chris Hastings' stage work has included a number one tour of Hen Party,
the lead role in Hamlet and Not About Heroes (both Royal George
Theatre), Mortimer in Edward II (Blue Elephant Theatre), Edmund in
a modern adaptation of Lear (Jackson's Lane Theatre), Mick in Comedians
(Camden People's Theatre) and Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations
(De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill). Television work includes Mike in the award-winning
Boyfriends for Central Television and Neil Harris in The Verdict
for the BBC.
Recent stage work of Chris Courtenay includes new plays with the Debut Theatre
Company at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Man Who Dreamed and The
Legend of 463 Squadron (Etcetera Theatre) plus Immortal with Theatre
West.
Lorna Doyle recently graduated from Arts Ed, and Mandy Wright (Nurse/Maid)
trained at Richmond Drama School and most recently appeared in Saints Day
at The Orange Tree.
Alistair Green's previous adaptations and directing credits include: GRIMMS
(a feast of fairy tales), The Stratagem & Other Stories (Crowley,
Poe), Sleepless Nights which included, to his knowledge, the first
stage version of Guy de Maupassant's cult classic The Horla, Hamlet, The
Jests of Skoggan, Don Q and the hard hitting The Last Word (part
of Just Desserts Festival) - all for horla at The Rose and Crown Theatre.
Also The Magistrate (de Maupassant) at Camden People's Theatre, Poe
as well as Berkoff's Decadence with GRiP Theatre, Kvetch at
the BAC, and Beckett's curious Roughs For Theatre at The White Bear.
He most recently adapted and directed the sell out production of GRIMMS
II, which played at the end of last year making the Sunday Times pick
of 'alternative' festive shows.
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen in a new translation by Martin Adamson adapted
by horla, Directed by Alistair Green, Design by Tracy Waller, Lighting by
Ben Pickersgill WITH: Fiona Aldridge (Nora), Peter Winnall (Helmer), Chris
Hastings (Krogstad), Chris Courtenay (Dr Rank), Lorna Doyle (Mrs Linde), and
Mandy Wright (Nurse/Maid). Presented by The Rose and Crown Theatre, Greenhill
Productions and horla at The Rose and Crown Theatre, 59/61 High Street, Hampton
Wick, Surrey, April 15 to May 3 (Tues-Sat at 8pm) Tickets 020 8296 9100/tickets@roseandcrowntheatre.co.uk
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