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| Production: |
A
LIE OF THE MIND |
| Theatre: |
Donmar
Warehouse Theatre |
| Location: |
Earlham
Street, WC2H 9LD |
Description:
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A
Lie of the Mind features Jake and Beth - they have damaged each other
irreversibly and are camped apart with their families who close ranks,
supposedly to protect them. But the echoes of their relationship continue
to haunt and inhabit them. |
| Show
Times: |
d
4 July 2001
Closes 1 September 2001
Performance
Times:
Monday to Saturday 7.30pm
Matinees Thursday and Saturday 3.00pm
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| Production: |
BLUE/ORANGE |
| Theatre: |
Duchess
Theatre |
| Location: |
Catherine
St, WC2 |
Description:
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In
a London mental hospital, an enigmatic patient claims to be the son
of an exiled African dictator. As the drama unfolds, his story becomes
unnervingly plausible.
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| Show
Times: |
Monday
to Saturday 8.00pm
Matinees Thursday 2.30pm and Saturday 4.00pm |
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| Production: |
CLOUDSTREET |
| Theatre: |
Olivier
Theatre |
| Location: |
Royal
National Theatre, South Bank,
Upper Ground, SE1 |
Description:
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A
magical, panoramic epic, sprawling over 20 years in the lives of two
families - the Pickles and the Lambs - who are thrown together by
fortune in the shuddering house at No. 1 Cloud Street. |
| Show
Times: |
6 September 2001
Closes 22 September 2001
Early
starts times (5.00pm and 6.00pm depending on day)
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| Production: |
CYMBELINE |
| Theatre: |
Shakespear
Globe Theatre |
| Location: |
21
New Globe Walk, SE1 |
Description:
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King
Cymbeline has imprisoned his daughter, Imogen, and banished her husband,
Posthumus, because he wished her to marry her step-brother, Cloten.
Before leaving, Posthumus gives Imogen a bracelet to remind her of
his love for her. When in exile Posthumus lays a wager on Imogen's
chastity with his villainous friend Iachimo, who is determined to
prove that she will be unfaithful. Imogen is not seduced by his charms,
but while she is sleeping Iachimo steals the bracelet from her wrist.
He presents it to Posthumus and so convinces him that Imogen has been
unfaithful. Imogen escapes to Wales, disguised as a boy, to find Posthumus,
and is followed by Cloten, who disguises himself as her husband. Confusion
escalates before a divine power intervenes and all is revealed...
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| Show
Times: |
10 July 2001
Closes 23 September 2001
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| Production: |
FINDING
THE SUN/MARRIAGE PLAY |
| Theatre: |
Cottesloe
Theatre, Royal National Theatre |
| Location: |
South
Bank, Upper Ground, SE1 |
Description:
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Four
couples arrive on a Long Island beach for privileged conservatives.
Daniel and Benjamin, once lovers but now married to Abigail and
Cordelia, still long to be together. In a series of short scenes,
Albee exposes the pain and dark comedy at the heart of this arrangement.
Marriage
Play is a portrait of a married couple in crisis.
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| Production: |
KING
LEAR |
| Theatre: |
Shakespear
Globe Theatre |
| Location: |
21
New Globe Walk, SE1 |
Description:
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Old
King Lear resolves to share the British kingdom between his three
daughters on the condition that they declare their love for him unconditionally.
Cordelia, his youngest daughter, refuses to do so, is banished and
the kingdom is divided between his two elder daughters. The two sisters
divest Lear of his remaining power and eventually turn him out into
a stormy night. Meanwhile, Lear's loyal friend, Gloucester, is abused
by Edmund, his illegitimate son, who has turned him against Edgar,
his legitimate son. When Cordelia returns from France with an army
to conquer England for her father, the tragedy reaches its terrible
climax. |
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Times: |
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| Production: |
MACBETH |
| Theatre: |
Shakespear
Globe Theatre |
| Location: |
21
New Globe Walk, SE1 |
Description:
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Macbeth
is the hero of Scotland, her bravest warrior. He and his friend Banquo,
returning from the battlefield, are met by three 'Weird Sisters',
who prophesy that Macbeth will become King. Macbeth confides in his
wife, and together they plot to murder King Duncan, while he is sleeping
in Macbeth's castle. This done, Macbeth is crowned King. Rather than
finding security in his new role, Macbeth fears all those around him,
even his old friends. As he becomes more desperate to secure his position,
his acts become bloodier, and his wife succumbs to madness. It falls
to Duncan's noble son, Malcolm, and Macduff to deliver Scotland from
this 'butcher'. |
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Times: |
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| Production: |
A
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM |
| Theatre: |
Air Theatre |
| Location: |
Regent's
Park, London, NW1 |
Description:
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Revisit
Alan Strachan's acclaimed interpretation of this delightful comedy
of four young lovers and 'rude mechanicals', set amidst the enchanted
woods of the Fairy Kingdom. |
| Show
Times: |
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| Production: |
THE
PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD |
| Theatre: |
Cottesloe
Theatre, Royal National Theatre |
| Location: |
South
Bank, Upper Ground, SE1 |
Description:
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In
a tiny pub in rural Mayo, the peace of the tightly knit community
is blown apart when a stranger stumbles in.
When
the locals draw out Christy Mahon's secret, they react in unexpected
ways. His story has the most powerful effect on the women of the
community, in particular Pegeen Mike, the landlord's fiery daughter.
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Times: |
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| Production: |
THE
VAGINA MONOLOGUES |
| Theatre: |
New
Ambassadors Theatre |
| Location: |
West
Street, London, WC2. |
Description:
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In
The Vagina Monologues, playwright Eve Ensler has given voice to a
chorus of lusty, outrageous, poignant, brave, highly original and
thoroughly human stories. Based on interviews with a diverse group
of women – from a Long Island antique dealer to a Bosnian refugee
– the play brazenly explores the humor, power, pain, wisdom,
outrage, mystery and excitement hidden in vaginas. |
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| Show
Times: |
Tuesday
to Sunday 7.30pm
Matinees Saturday and Sunday 5.00pm
Closes
9 September 2001
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| Production: |
THE
WINTER'S TALE |
| Theatre: |
Oliver
Theatre |
| Location: |
Royal
National Theatre, South Bank, Upper Ground, SE1 9PX |
Description:
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A
happy and successful marriage is destroyed by irrational jealousy
when a husband suspects his wife of an adulterous affair with his
best friend. |
| Show
Times: |
d
23 May 2001
Closes 16 August 2001
Performance
length 3 hours 15 minutes approx.
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