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VENUES
The Arches, Midland Street, Glasgow CREDITS
Director IN CAMERA
IN CAMERA
THE SHAWL |
no way out... no exit... no escape Sartre's In Camera (huis clos) is a classic play, written in the 1940's in which three characters are locked into a room with no means of escape. Each has guilty secrets which led them there, and only through their discussions and arguments about life and death do they realise the horrible truth: they are dead, and "hell" for them is the other people in the room. who do you believe? Mamet's The Shawl is a short play where a young woman asks a clairvoyant for advice following a bereavement. He gently helps her, but is he genuine? Mamet's play explores the nature of truth and trust and provides gripping drama.
BACKGROUND In May 2000, TheatreFusion produced an ambitious double bill of plays, performing Sartre's classic In Camera (also known as huis clos) alongside Mamet's short potent The Shawl. Both plays looked at the nature of human behaviour and truth and complimented each other, though written 50 years apart. |
REVIEWS The Herald
: an adventurous coupling that works… Tony
Close, Deborah Cannon-Carmichael, and Abigail Gemmell are the three
sinners in the Sartre. It is an enjoyably gruesome realisation (though not
for them) that the torturers will, in fact, be themselves, being
themselves. Charles Donnelly (gives) a convincing performance that conveys
just the right amount of pathos and ambiguity
Audience : the choice of plays was excellent.. the performances of Deborah Cannon-Carmichael and Abigail Gemmell were rivetting… Charles Donnelly's dynamic performance in The Shawl kept you on the edge… Meaty, stimulating plays with good production and strong cast… OTHER INFORMATION View images from this production on our Photograph Album |
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