Benutzer:TotalCommander/Handbagged
Handbagged ist ein Stück der britischen Autorin Moira Buffini, welches auf die Beziehung zwischen Elisabeth II. und Maggy Thatcher eingeht. Der Einakter entstand im Jahr 2010[1] als Teil des Tricycle Theatre-"Women, Power and Politics"-Festivals, in der Claire Cox die jüngere Frau Thatcher und Stella Gonet die ältere Maggy Thatcher spielen.
Conversion to full-length production
Im Jahr 2013 erweiterte Buffini den Einakter zu einem vollwertigem Bühnenstück. Beide, Buffini sowie auch Indhu Rubasingham, der künstlerische Leiter von Tricycle,, were nervous about the idea of an extended version, because at the time, another play covering the relationship between Queen Elizabeth and Mrs Thatcher - Peter Morgan's The Audience was about to open. However, Rubasingham was confident that the two plays would be different enough for there not to be a problem.[1]
The extended version premiered in October 2013 at the Tricycle,[2] - Gonet reprised her role as the elder Thatcher, with the younger version played by Fenella Woolgar and the elder and younger versions of Elizabeth II played by Marion Bailey and Clare Holman respectively. The play received positive reviews, with one commentator describing it as 'very funny...if occasionally overstretched', and that the play had a 'buoyant, meta-theatrical playfulness' due to its repeated breaking of the fourth wall.[2]
In April 2014 the play transferred to the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End. It is due to run until August 2014.[3] The cast of this production was:[1]
- Marion Bailey - Q, Ältere Königin Elisabeth II.
- Stella Gonet - T, Ältere Maggy Thatcher
- Neet Mohan - Actor 1 (Various parts, including Neil Kinnock and Nancy Reagan)
- Jeff Rawle - Actor 2 (Various parts, including Dennis Thatcher, Ronald Reagan and Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington)
- Lucy Robinson - Liz, jüngere Königin Elisabeth II.
- Fenella Woolgar - Mags, jüngere Margeret Thatcher
- Katy Brittain - Understudy Q and Liz
- Neil Chinneck - Understudy Actor 1 and Actor 2
- Genevieve Swallow - Understudy T and Mags
Einzelnachweise
- ↑ a b c 'Handbagged' programme. Vaudeville Theatre, . (englisch)
- ↑ a b Billington, Michael: Handbagged – review. 2 October 2013. Abgerufen im 18 May 2014.
- ↑ Mitford, Oliver: Handbagged Review. 9 May 2014. Abgerufen im 18 May 2014.
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