The Bodies

Archive Listings for The Bodies

T090241849 (LIVENEWC05) Producer Live Theatre Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Director Maggie Norris. Performer Jill Halfpenny. Performer Colin MacLachlan (Michaud). Performer Anny Tobin (Madame Raquin). Performer Craig Conway (Camille). Performer Ben Porter (Laurent).
16 Jun 05 to 30 Jul 05	Live Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne :: V567 listing details L2136352561

Details

Play :: The Bodies is based on Emile Zola's novel, Therese Raquin and it's territory is the deepest, darkest recesses of the psyche. Published in 1868, this study of sexual obsession, murder, guilt and revenge caused a scandal for its portrayal of depravity but was, of course, an immediate success with the public. Flannery read the novel, found himself totally transfixed by its passion but finally unconvinced. He determined to rewrite it, saying what he is convinced Zola would have said if the could, unconstrained by the mores of the times. Set in Victorian Tyneside, Flannery's The Bodies is a thoroughly modern play, savagely sexual and violent.

Author

Peter Flannery