Therese Raquin
Lyttelton, National Theatre, London until 21 February 2007
Mysterious disappearances, domestic cases, noiseless, bloodless
snuffings-out… the law can look as deep as it likes, but when the
crime itself goes unsuspected… oh yes, there’s many a murderer
basking in the sun.
Stifled by an oppressive mother-in-law and a sickly husband, Thérèse
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 gripping thriller, adapted by Zola himself from his
notorious novel, is seen here in a version by Nicholas Wright whose recent
work at the National includes Vincent in Brixton, and his adaptations of
Three Sisters and His Dark Materials.
I’m frightened. There’s something happening
that I can’t
control.
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