Basic Facts:
Producing Organization: West Yorkshire Playhouse
Theatre/Venue: Quarry Theatre
City, State: Yorkshire, UK
Month(s), Year: 4 April-10 May 2003
Director: John Tiffany
Designer #1: Neil Warmington (Set)
Basic Data Source: http://www.wyp.org.uk/events/event_details.asp?event_ID=100
Review #1:
Quote:
It is a fertile landscape, but De Angelis seems at a loss to know what to do with it. First seen in 1993, Playhouse Creatures is less a play than a collage of scenes, taking the form of a variety bill in which titillating dance routine follows Cleopatra's death-bed lament. Into this, she weaves the women's backstage stories, which come momentarily to life but lack sustaining dramatic force.
There are strong moments in Alison Peebles' comradely production, but the sing-song Cockney performances are uneven, and the narrative threads too fragmented to make us care.
Author: Alfred Hickling
Date: April 18, 2003
Source: LexisNexis Academic "Review: Theatre: The saucy ladies of theatre: Playhouse Creatures: West Yorkshire Playhouse," Reporter: Alfred Hickling
Review #2:
Quote:
Sandra Voe gives a great performance as the general factotum Doll Common and the sixteen year old Nell Gwen is admirable played by Abby Ford. Joanne Froggatt plays Mrs Farley, Frances Grey Mrs Marshall and Pauline Lockart Mrs Barry. Susan Wooldridge plays the older Mrs Betterton, whose delivery of words gives ample scope for Nell Gwyn to try to copy her word “fork” for laughs
Author: BA Entertainment
Date:
Source: http://www.ba-education.com/for/entertainment/wyp/playhousecreatures.html
