Madame X - Jack Studio Theatre
Preview by Lizzie Guilfoyle
EVCOL Entertainment is presenting Madame X at the Jack Studio Theatre. Adapted by Simon James Collier from the original play La Femme X by Alexandre Bisson, it runs from Tuesday, June 23 to Saturday, July 11, 2015.
1928. France. A young woman is thrown onto the streets by her jealous husband when he discovers she has been having an affair. Forbidden from seeing her beloved young son, and with neither money nor friends, she sinks into depravity.
Twenty years later, she has become the mistress of Frederic Laroque, a small-time criminal. When he discovers that her husband is now the Attorney General, Laroque decides to blackmail him…
Alexandre Charles Auguste Bisson (April 9, 1848 – January 27, 1912) was a French playwright, vaudeville creator, and novelist. Born in Briouze, Orne in Lower Normandy, he was successful in his native France as well as in the United States. Of his works, Bisson is best remembered for his play Madame X that was performed in 1910 both in Paris and on Broadway with Sarah Bernhardt in the leading role. Over the years, the play would be revived for Broadway three times and nine Madame X motion pictures in several languages have been filmed.
Produced by Evcol Entertainment for The Okai Collier Company, Madame X is directed by Simon James Collier and Omar F. Okai, with set design by Martin McLeod, costumes by Christina Pomeroy, lighting by Michael Edwards and sound by James Corner.
Tickets: £14, £11 concessions – available from the box office on 0333 666 3366 (£1.50 fee for phone bookings only) or online at www.brockleyjack.co.uk/.
Time: 7.45pm.
Also at the Jack Studio Theatre: Thomas Middleton’s The Revenger’s Tragedy (until March 21) and Neil Smith’s new version of August Strindberg’s Creditors (March 24 to April 11, 2015).