Orpheus Descending

Orpheus Descending

Key facts

Genre: Drama

Author: Tennessee Williams

Synopsis

In a small town in the Deep South of America nothing ever seems to change. That is, until one day, a charismatic young drifter appears with a snakeskin jacket and a guitar. Like a fox in a hen coop, this wild eyed boy tears up the prejudices and certainties of the town, igniting the passion of Lady Torrance, who for years has been trapped in a loveless marriage. But their freedom and love is too much for such a narrow-minded community…


This major revival of Tennessee Williams’ classic drama about the power of imagination and love in the face of conformity, stars Imogen Stubbs and is directed by Sarah Frankcom.
 

What the critics say

* * * * *  BEAUTIFUL direction...The entire cast is TREMENDOUS. Stubbs, INTELLIGENT and INFINITELY MOVING, cuts to the pure heart of the playwright better than I have ever seen it done.' The Daily Telegraph

* * * * INTENSE - TOOK MY BREATH AWAY' The Times

* * * * Sarah Frankcom's atmospheric, bluesy revival, touched with gothic nightmare.scratches away at your soul like an unhappy ghost begging to be let in...This is Stubbs AT HER VERY BEST...' The Guardian

 

 

When booking, please ask for seats suitable for viewing the captions. Online bookings are not accepted for captioned performances.

Event details

Thu 15 Nov 2012, 7:30pm

Captioned by STAGETEXT

Venue details

Royal Exchange Theatre

St Ann's Square

Manchester

M2 7DH

Phone: 0161 833 9833

Email: box.office@royalexchange.co.uk

Textphone: 0161 619 6699

Fax: 0161 615 6696

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