Anna Carteret stars in rare revival of Mother Adam
Preview by Lizzie Guilfoyle
ANNA Carteret (Juliet Bravo) is to star as Mammles in JJB Productions’ rare revival of Charles Dyer’s Mother Adam. A witty and strange insight into loneliness and co-dependency, it runs at Barons Court Theatre from June 17 (previews from June 14) to July 2, 2016.
Celebrated for his Rattle of a Simple Man, Charles Dyer is considered one of the greatest British playwrights of the 20th Century.
In Mother Adam, the whimsical world of a bed-ridden, arthritic mother and her sprightly son combines deft verbal comedy with buried emotions.
Alongside Anna Carteret as the caustic Mammles, John Craggs plays her tragicomic son Adam.
This under-performed gem of a play welcomes audiences to the strange, eccentric, funny and often very moving world of these two oddballs, who play out their Sunday routine through conversation that gives an insight into their unusual existence.
JJB Productions was set up by John Craggs and David Cleverley to produce this exciting revival in memory of John’s mother and aunt, who both passed away last year. The show is produced by special arrangement with Eric Glass Ltd.
Anna Carteret was part of Laurence Olivier’s company at the Old Vic from 1967 – 1974, including playing alongside him in The Merchant of Venice and winning the Clarence Derwent award for Most Promising Newcomer. She also performed in Peter Brook’s Oedipus, and was part of Peter Hall’s National Theatre repertory company, during which she performed in the world premiere of Romans in Britain.
She has been directed by her husband Christopher Morahan in Man and Superman, and played Les Liasons Dangereuses for the RSC. She has also appeared in the West End in Franco Zeffirelli’s Absolutely Perhaps (Wyndham’s Theatre) and An Ideal Husband (Gielgud Theatre, Haymarket, Broadway). Her most recent role was Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love at the Noel Coward Theatre. Carteret has also directed five fringe theatre productions.
Tickets: £16, £12 concessions – available from the box office on 020 8932 4747 or by e-mailing londontheatre@gmail.com.
Times: Tuesday to Saturday at 7:30pm; Saturday matinees at 2.30pm.
Running Time: 120 minutes.