London’s Lazarus Theatre Company, a company truly committed to producing the best in classical theatre for a contemporary audience, is turning its attention to The Changeling regarded as one of the greatest masterpieces of Jacobean drama. It’s an extraordinary play of jealousy, lust, and murder.
DeFlores will do anything for Beatrice Joanna… literally anything. Beatrice Joanna has fallen in love with Alsemero, but she is betrothed to Alonzo, a man she does not like, let alone love. Employing her Mother’s servant, De Flores (by whom she is repulsed) she disposes of Alonzo, but when it comes to payment De Flores doesn’t want money. Their descent into hellish madness haunted by ghosts and lunatics, propelled by obsession and sex, leads to one of the bloodiest, ferocious, and downright bonkers climaxes of the English stage.
This play originally written some 400 years ago with its themes of jealousy, lust, and murder hits Southwark Playhouse in this theatrical, daring and full-throttle ensemble production.
THE CHANGELING Thu 28th Sep - Sat 28th Oct 2023 Southwark Playhouse, London
Labels: 2023, Jacobean drama, London, Southwark Playhouse, The Changeling
