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virtual exhibition was created to accompany a display in the Library's galleries
between July and October 2000. Sunday
9 July | Sunday 23 July
| Tuesday 25 July
Tuesday
4 July, 18.15-19.05
Rebecca
Blech performs
Jane Austen’s delightful burlesque The
History of England
Adapted and directed by Tim Heath; costume by
Sharon Evans;
Live music and songs by Thomas Arne, William Boyce, Frantisek
Kotzwara and Henry Purcell
Songs, battles and glee! The History of England
was written in 1791 when Jane Austen was 16, and the manuscript is now on permanent
display at the British Library. This world première production opened at
the Theatre Royal, Bath and has toured internationally, hilariously recreating
the young author’s outrageous parody of The History of England by
Oliver Goldsmith.
“A skilful and witty adaptation… an outstanding
solo performance.” Plays and Players
“Wonderful and great
fun.” The Stage
“Very funny… deserves unqualified
praise.” Bath Chronicle
Suitable for children aged 10
and above
£5.00; £3.50 concessions
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Elizabeth I | Rebecca
Blech | Mary
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Tuesday
4 July | Sunday 23 July
| Tuesday
25 July
Sunday
9 July 15.00-16.45
(includes interval)
Maria Aitken & Malcolm Sinclair read
For God’s Sake, Madam!
an entertainment about Lady Mary
Wortley Montagu
with Christine Croshaw (piano) & Clive
Conway (flute)
Compiled, arranged and adapted by Maria Aitken &
Charles Siegel
Directed by Charles Siegel
In 1716 Lady Mary accompanied
her husband on his diplomatic posting to Turkey, recording her travels in the
famously irreverent Embassy Letters. Many were sent to Alexander Pope,
who wrote passionate replies. Those letters, with poems and other writings of
the period, are assembled here into a conversation between Lady Mary and Horace
Walpole, the great chronicler of his age. A woman of wit, passion and accomplishment
is brought alive.
Maria Aitken, actress, director and screenwriter,
is a former member of the RSC and the RNT and has played many leading rôles
in the West End. She is considered the leading interpreter of Noël Coward
of her generation. Her films include A Fish Called Wanda.
Malcolm
Sinclair's recent theatre work includes playing Serebriakov in Uncle
Vanya for the RSC at the Young Vic, Massini in Heartbreak House at the Almeida,
and Jeeves in By Jeeves, both at Scarborough and in the West End. His most recent
TV appearance was in the Channel 4 production of Anna Karenina.
Charles Siegel
is Professor of Drama at Vancouver University.
£7.50; £6.00
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4 July
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9 July
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25 July
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Sunday
23 July, 18.15 -20.00 (includes interval)
15.00-16.30
(includes interval)
The world première of a new musical
Lewis Carroll’s
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Music by Stephen Daltry; book by Pamela Barlow & Stephen Daltry Directed by
Stephen Daltry; design by Penny Keeling.
with Ana-Luisa de Cavilla
as the White Queen, Edmund Dehn as the White Knight, Sarah
Vernon as the Red Queen and Maria Gavriliouk as Alice
Join Alice on her travels through the fabulous ‘chessboard’ country
in her quest to become Queen of the Eighth Square.
Stephen Daltry trained
at the National Film School as a composer and has since written
music for
TV documentaries such as The Hunt, Fruity Stories and Diana: Secrets
behind the Crash.
In 1993 his musical comedy Seats in All Parts
received its première in London and Salisbury.
Suitable for
children aged six and above
£7.50; £6.00 concessions;
£3.50 under 16s Ticket
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Dehn |
Maria Gavriliouk
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4 July | Sunday
9 July
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23 July
Tuesday
25 July, 18.15
-20.15 (includes interval)
Stephen Oxley performs
Laurence
Sterne’s
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
Adapted by Stephen Oxley; directed by Brian Croucher; music by Mr Handel
Laurence
Sterne’s great comic novel first appeared in 1760. Stephen Oxley’s solo
performance of this extraordinary work caused a sensation when it first appeared
at the Edinburgh Fringe and has caused riots
of hilarity ever since…
£5.00; £3.50 concessions Ticket
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