Thursday, October 12, 2006
Mary Barton at the Exchange
The trail blazing feminist novel Mary Barton
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2153
http://www.classicreader.com/booktoc.php/sid.1/bookid.861/
was brought alive at the fantastic Royal Exchange
http://www.royalexchange.co.uk/
The play provided great scope for the actresses to emote and relate the horrors of early Capitalism and the strength of women especially Kellie Bright as the eponymous heroine
http://www.angelfire.com/rings/tbag/biogs/kelliebright.html
The stark , crisp minimalist set really aloud one to focus on the superb acting and the set pieces ,including the burning of a mill , was impressive and well done.
It made me want to celebrate modern life and party till 4 am...so we did
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