Therese Raquin - Brossura

Zola, Emile

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1854599585 ISBN 13: 9781854599582

Casa editrice: Nick Hern Books, 2006

Riassunto

Sifted by an oppressive mother-in-law and a sickly husband, Therese Raquin falls passionately for another man. Their feverish affair drives the lovers to an act of terrible desperation, which catapults them headlong into a world more claustrophobic than the one they sought to destroy. This psychological thriller, adapted for the stage by Zola himself from his notorious novel, published in 1867, was staged in 2006 at the National Theatre, London, in a version by Nicholas Wright.

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Recensione:

Nicholas Wright's outstandingly well-written and acute new version... unforgettable --Observer

A potent, dark group portrait of selfishness and obsession. --Independent

An erotic, supercharged but totally naturalistic tale of a relationship based on lust and lost in murder... the tensions of a moral thriller are at first zipped up in sombre, 19th century restraint; but they break loose in a strange, hallucinatory sequence of anguished bed-time tableaux where guilt, anger and frustration have replaced sex and sensuality. --WhatsOnStage.com

L'autore:

Emile Zola (1840-1902) is one of the best-known 19th-century novelists, famous for his espousal of Naturalism. Apart from Therese Raquin, his many novels include Nana (1880), about a slum-girl turned courtesan to the bourgeoisie, and Germinal (1885), a grim portrait of a mining community. Often accused of pornography, his aim was to 'tell it like it is', and his reputation is much higher now than in his lifetime.

Nicholas Wright's most recent theatre work is the phenomenally successful adaptation of His Dark Materials. His Vincent in Brixton won rave reviews and the Olivier Award for Best Play. Earlier work includes the West End hits, Cressida, with Michael Gambon, and Mrs Klein. Other adaptations include Naked with Juliette Binoche, Lulu with Anna Friel and Three Sisters at the National. All are published by NHB.

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• Editore: Nick Hern Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1854599585
• ISBN 13: 9781854599582
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 74