The Changeling
Thomas Middleton & William Rowley
The Changeling
Beautiful Beatrice-Joanna is in love - so she hires the repellent De Flores to kill the man her father wants her to marry. But once the deed’s done Beatrice discovers it’s not money or jewels that De Flores claims as his reward, but something far more precious.
3.5 out of 5 based on 7 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Location |
London |
| Venue |
Young Vic Theatre |
| Director |
Joe Hill-Gibbins |
| Cast |
Daniel Cerqueira, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Charlotte Lucas, Jessica Raine, Duncan Wisbey, Howard Ward Alex Beckett |
| From |
January 2012 |
| Until |
February 2012 |
| Box Office |
020 7922 2922 |
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Beautiful Beatrice-Joanna is in love - so she hires the repellent De Flores to kill the man her father wants her to marry. But once the deed’s done Beatrice discovers it’s not money or jewels that De Flores claims as his reward, but something far more precious.
Reviews
The Guardian
Michael Billington
“Everything in Hill-Gibbins's modern-dress revival exists at a tangent to normality. ”
03/02/2012
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The Independent
Paul Taylor
“A lot of jelly gets thrown at the end, but this is no trifle. ”
03/02/2012
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The Daily Telegraph
Charles Spencer
“Sexy, and at times downright bonkers.”
03/02/2012
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The Times
Dominic Maxwell
“It’s a beauty-and-the-beast relationship shorn of its happy ending. And beginning. And middle. At the end, the cast all talk at once, a cacophony that reminds us how lies cut us off from each other. It’s sobering, yet exciting. ”
04/02/2012
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The Stage
Natasha Tripney
“An air of lunacy permeates Middleton and Rowley’s play. The asylum subplot taints the main plot - it is indeed a mad world. Joe Hill-Gibbins’ frequently thrilling production captures this sense of over-spill. It’s messy and excessive in a way that is only fitting.”
03/02/2012
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The Independent on Sunday
Kate Bassett
“The trouble is that the narrative comes over as scrappy and rushed ... Still, Hill-Gibbins's cast cope valiantly, Raine has a fine neurotic viciousness, and the entire play's twisted nastiness succeeds in giving you the creeps.”
05/02/2012
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The Evening Standard
Henry Hitchings
“About 20 per cent of the production strikes me as dementedly brilliant. The rest is a mess.”
03/02/2012
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