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Lullabies of Broadmoor archiveEight years in the making - the four linked plays of Steve Hennessy s Lullabies of Broadmoor - A Broadmoor Quartet weave together the closely linked stories of five of Broadmoor s most notorious inmates of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century with the stories of those they murdered. The sequence of plays form a rich, dark, Gothic tragicomedy about murder, love, madness, personal responsibility and redemption.

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Work type: Play.

Venus at Broadmoor/The Demon Box/The Murder Club/Wilderness - T1576508561

The doublebills can be seen separately and in either order, but Venus at Broadmoor and The Demon Box are better seen first. Venus at Broadmoor. 1870. The madness of love. A string of random poisonings around Brighton result in the admission of Christiana Edmunds to Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum. The penny dreadfuls call her the Chocolate Cream Poisoner, but she prefers to be called Venus. Dr. Orange is struggling to understand why. Principal Attendant Coleman is struggling to stay off the drink. The Broadmoor Annual Ball is approaching. Christiana just wants to dance. Based on the true story of Broadmoor s most notorious female patient. The Demon Box. 1872. Inside Broadmoor. Inside the black box of the theatre. Inside the head of Richard Dadd. On a trip to Egypt, the great Victorian artist Richard Dadd believed that he had been contacted by the god Osiris. Upon his return, at the god s bidding, he murdered his father. He spent the rest of his life in Bethlem and Broadmoor. While there he spent nine years working on his eerie masterpiece ?The Fairy Feller s Master Stroke . In 1872 he was given the job of renovating the theatre at Broadmoor ... The Murder Club 1922. Murder is in the air. The British Government is engaged in a genocidal war in Iraq using poison gas and other weapons of mass destruction and two notorious murderers are meeting in Broadmoor for the first time. Small time conman Ronald True murdered the prostitute Olive Young. Embittered out of work actor Richard Prince murdered matinee idol William Terriss at the stage door of the Adelphi Theatre. Now the two men have been put in charge of an evening of entertainment at Broadmoor. The Murder Club was commissioned by the Finborough Theatre to tell the infamous history of a murder committed on the Finborough Road itself, just down the road from the theatre. Wilderness. A journey from the battlefields of the American Civil War to the cells of nineteenth century Broadmoor by way of one of the most famous murders in Victorian Lambeth. This is the story of William Chester Minor, one time surgeon in the American Union Army and a major contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary.Author Steve Hennessy. Director Chris Loveless. Design Ann Stiddard. Lighting Tim Bartlett. Sound Hoxa Sound. Costume Rebecca Sellors. Performer Chris Bianchi. Performer Chris Courtenay. Performer Chris Donnelly. Performer Violet Ryder.
1 Aug 11 to 1 Oct 11Finborough, Inner London :: V199
listing details L0991561520

T0435664886

Lullabies of Broadmoor weaves the stories of three notorious London murders into a picture of life in the "Gentlemen s Block", a wing of Broadmoor reserved for murderers who regarded themselves as a cut above the average killer. The Murder Club is set in 1922. Murder is in the air. The British Government is engaged in a genocidal war in Iraq using poison gas and other weapons of mass destruction and two notorious murderers are meeting in Broadmoor for the first time. Small time conman Ronald True has just murdered prostitute Olive Young in Finborough Road, just down the street from the theatre. Embittered out of work actor Richard Prince murdered matinee idol William Terriss at the stage door of the Adelphi Theatre. Now the two men have been put in charge of an evening of entertainment at Broadmoor... Wilderness, also based on a true story, describes a journey from the battlefields of the American Civil War to the cells of 19th century Broadmoor by way of one of the most famous murders in Victorian Lambeth. This is the story of William Chester Minor, one time surgeon in the American Union Army and a major contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary. A rich, dark, Gothic tragicomedy about war, murder, madness and redemption. Strong language and sexual content mean these plays are not suitable for children. The Murder Club has been specially commissioned by the Finborough Theatre to tell some of the infamous history of the local areaCompany Extremis Theate (in assocation with Theatre West and Concordance). Author Steve Hennessy. Director Caitriona McLaughlin. Design Ann Stiddard. Lighting Tim Bartlett. Sound Hoxa Sound. Costume Penn O'Gara. Other Ian Wilmot (photography). Performer Chris Courtenay. Performer Marc Danbury. Performer Natalie Hobday. Performer Andrew Michell. Performer Charlotte Pyke.
6 Jan 04 to 31 Jan 04Finborough, Inner London :: V199
listing details L01345063556

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