Theatre On A Sunday



What fun
Theatre on a Sunday afternoon!!!
The Storyhouse in Chester's own production of Miss Julie was an interesting choice for what I suspect is an experimental foray into Sunday productions and I think my Sister enjoyed this adaptation of August Strindberg's 1888 play as much as I did .
This production has been moved from the original Victorian Swedish setting  to 1940s Hong Kong
Where Miss Julie, a brittle and somewhat lost colonial daughter plays a dangerous flirting game with her father's Chinese chauffeur as his fiancé, the family cook and nanny, looks on.

The original play has a great deal to say about rape, mental health and class. And this Amy Ng's version adds race, English colonism into the sexual mix.

Sundays can be depressing days and my sister described them as having that Sunday night before school feeling! 

It was nice to do something different

26 comments:

  1. She perhaps is just desperate to be loved-a lost soul?x

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  2. Mmmmmmm ..... doesn’t sound overly uplifting for me .... I probably had to be there đŸ€Ł ... but better than staying in on a Sunday ! XXXX

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    1. Not a bag of laughs but very well acted

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  3. It sounds intriguing.

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  4. I've just had a look at the wikipedia article on this play - whoa - rather heavy material. I take it the performance you saw was well done?

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    1. Yes...a very different take on the original me thinks

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  5. Barbara Anne8:07 pm

    How interesting and definitely good to be out with your sister.

    I always did my homework on Friday after school so Sunday was less of a downer with school the next day.

    Hugs!

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    1. It was nice to have theatre on a Sunday ...which is usually a theatre day off day

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  6. John, just to say thanks for telling us about Come From Away a few posts back. Because of your post I decided to go see it on Saturday and it was WOW! Loved it. So much energy from the cast.
    ps- I would NOT have kissed the fish!

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    1. Oh I am so glad u liked it......I could sit through it again x

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  7. Anonymous9:58 pm

    The plot line sounds intriguing.

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  8. I wouldn't mind theatre on a Sunday afternoon. I wish the threatre here would start something like this.

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  9. I rather think I saw this Strindberg in the far distant past but can't remember where. Agree about Sundays when one lives alone - I have a permanent lunch date with three friends which makes Sunday more bearable - I find Saturday worst of all.

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  10. Nothing like a good matinee!

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  11. I've always thought the same about Sundays. There is a sadness there as the afternoon passes by. Less so now that I'm in my fifties and like my job okay, but it's there. Sounds like this was a nice way to spend the day with someone you love.

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  12. It is nice to get out, and be entertained. Tomorrow is the start of another fun week.

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  13. One of the great things about retirement: You never again have that Sunday night before school (or work) feeling.

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  14. It's one of those plays that's passed me by. Don't know why. I'm only familiar with his 'The Father' but I'd like to see this also.
    And matinee performances used to be my staple diet when a regular theatre-goer.

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  16. I remember seeing this play and becoming quite moved - jarred - by it. It must have been shocking in its day for a woman of class to run off with a servant. Today's folks probably cannot relate.

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