Glass Menagerie, Barbican (van Hove/Huppert)
Mar 18, 2020 23:48:30 GMT
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Post by artea on Mar 18, 2020 23:48:30 GMT
This, La Ménagerie de verre, opened at the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe in Paris a couple of week ago. Of the four reviews I read, 2 loved it and 2 hated it. Le Monde said the actors were under-prepared (left to their own devices) and the set was particularly ugly before continuing to give it quite a poetic kicking. I guess van Hove rushed back from New York to do it. It has obviously been taken off now in Paris and I would rate the chances of Isabelle Huppert turning up at the Barbican in June at zero. Yet still the Barbican is selling tickets for it with no word of warning. I think you'd be mad to buy any now.
All is not lost however. If you're quick, Radio 3 has the play available for a few more days. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b91sqp . It's wonderful. Anastasia Hille in particular is superb. I can't imagine how Isabelle Huppert could be better (can it even work without the southern US accents?) - but I would still like to know the French for "gentleman caller". It would have to be an approximation I reckon. Galant homme?
An excellent tortured Streetcar is also available now. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08k4s1p . Both plays come with worthwhile introductions, esp Menagerie.
All is not lost however. If you're quick, Radio 3 has the play available for a few more days. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b91sqp . It's wonderful. Anastasia Hille in particular is superb. I can't imagine how Isabelle Huppert could be better (can it even work without the southern US accents?) - but I would still like to know the French for "gentleman caller". It would have to be an approximation I reckon. Galant homme?
An excellent tortured Streetcar is also available now. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08k4s1p . Both plays come with worthwhile introductions, esp Menagerie.
