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The story of renowned 19th century French poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine, who endured a passionate and volatile relationship that has inspired generations of artists.
Verlaine is living with his young wife Mathilde in the oppressive atmosphere of her parents home when his life is turned upside down by the arrival of teenage prodigy Rimbaud, brimming with lively rebellion and an insatiable intensity. Seduced by his brilliance and beauty, Verlaine abandons his conventional existence to live an extraordinary life unbound by rules or convention. But the explosive world in which he and Rimbaud exist cannot last forever. Impoverished, transient and trapped in a destructive romantic triangle, something - or someone - has to give…
THE BASICS
Show Type : Play
Started: 21/03/2007
Opened: 28/03/2007
Closing: 20/05/2007
Duration: 2 hrs 15 mins
with 1 interval
Performance Schedule:
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Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
3:30pm
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No
Show |
8:00pm
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8:00pm
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8:00pm
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8:00pm
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3:30pm
8:00pm
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Individual tickets booking through:
20/05/2007
Group tickets on sale through:
20/05/2007
Group Minimum:
20 tickets
STARRING
Daniel Evans as Arthur Rimbaud
Winner of an Olivier Award for Merrily We Roll Along, Evans has also been seen in various shows at the National Theatre, the Donmar Warehouse, the Royal Court and the Old Vic among other theatres.
Jamie Doyle as Paul Verlaine
Doyle played opposite Michael Sheen in The Last Journey of Byron, and was Romeo in Romeo and Juliet at Birmingham REP. He is best known for the role of Jimmy in Channel 4’s hit series Shameless.
Also Starring:
Georgia Moffett as Mathilde Verlaine
Wendy Nottingham as Isabelle Rimbaud
Susan Kyd as Mme. Maute de Fleurville/Eugenie Krantz
Ronald Markham as M. Maute de Fleurville/Etienne Carjat/Judge Theodore T'Serstevens
Angus McEwan as Charles Cros/Barman
Tom Marshall as Jean Aicard/Clerk
CREATORS
Written by Christopher Hampton
Directed by Paul Miller
Scenic Design by Paul Wills
Costume Design by Julie Bowles
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