Family of Thugs Meet Their Match ; Theatre the Homecoming Almeida, N1
Evening Standard - London › February 08, 2008
Linked as:
Evening Standard - London › February 08, 2008
Linked as:Summary
AN intriguing air of mystery, never quite dispelled, permeates this key Harold Pinter play from the 1960s.
Michael Attenborough's production imparts fresh narrative tension to The Homecoming by casting that handsome, black actress Jenny Jules in the role of the enigmatic Ruth. As the wife of Teddy, an expatriate academic who returns unannounced to visit his shady workingclass family in London, Miss Jules is laden with sex-appeal and radiates a poised inscrutability. But she does not help cast fresh light on the play's elusive meaning. What explains Ruth's decision to desert her husband, children and comfortable life in America, to be set up as a high-class Soho whore by Teddy's brother, the violent, gangsterish Lenny? Critics and commentators have gone to dramatic extremes when trying to make definitive sense of The Homecoming.See the full content of this document
Extract
Family of Thugs Meet Their Match ; Theatre the Homecoming Almeida, N1
They have interpreted it as a feminist tract in which Ruth, who may once have bee...
See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
ver las páginas en versión mobile | web
ver las páginas en versión mobile | web
© Copyright 2012, vLex. All Rights Reserved.
Contents in vLex United Kingdom
Explore vLex
For Professionals
For Partners
Company
Other documents:
New Text Will Self Destruct | Emmerdale | Football: Meadow Pain for County ; Notts Co O Bury 1 | Putting It Right | Valley Cities Urging Governor to Reject Granny-Flats Bill | Life-Long Love Affair with Horses | Chiefs Ground Game Needs a Boost | Rule Changes Could Address Head Impacts