St John's Night - Jermyn Street Theatre
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2013-05-23
A fairy-tale comedy from one of the world's greatest playwrights, St John's Night receives its UK premiere at the award-winning Jermyn Street Theatre directed by Anthony Biggs. Ibsen's first publicly performed play, commissioned in 1851 by the ...
A fairy-tale comedy from one of the world's greatest playwrights, St John's Night receives its UK premiere at the award-winning Jermyn Street Theatre directed by Anthony Biggs. Ibsen's first publicly performed play, commissioned in 1851 by the eccentric violinist Ole Bull for the newly-established National Theatre in Bergen, is an enchanting tale of mischievous goblins, mismatched lovers and secret inheritances; loosely based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Exploring themes of cultural inheritance, nationalism and the supernatural that appear more clearly defined in Ibsen's later realist cycle, St John's Night is a riotous and satirical comedy from a writer often associated with Nordic gloom.Reviews for Anthony Biggs's production of Ibsen's Little Eyolf:**** "You’ve got to hand it to Ibsen. A century after his death the founding fatherof modern drama still has the power to shock and awe".Neil Norman, Daily Express***** "An Ibsen-esque tsunami of recrimination, guilt and despair" Tim Walker, Sunday Telegraph
Show Details
| Running dates | from Jul 10 2012 to Aug 4 2012 |
| Theatre | Jermyn Street Theatre |
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| Cheapest ticket | £18 |
| Most expensive ticket | £18 |
| Libby Purves (The Times) | Full Review | |
| Michael Coveney (What's on Stage, Independent) | Full Review | |
| Michael Billington (The Guardian) | Full Review | |
| Paul Taylor (The Independent) | Full Review | |
| Sarah Hemming (Financial Times) | Full Review | |
| Henry Hitchings (Evening Standard) | Full Review | |
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Overview, Cast and Creatives
| Genre | Comedy | |
| Synopsis | ||
A fairy-tale comedy from one of the world's greatest playwrights, St John's Night receives its UK premiere at the award-winning Jermyn Street Theatre directed by Anthony Biggs. Ibsen's first publicly performed play, commissioned in 1851 by the eccentric violinist Ole Bull for the newly-established National Theatre in Bergen, is an enchanting tale of mischievous goblins, mismatched lovers and secret inheritances; loosely based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Exploring themes of cultural inheritance, nationalism and the supernatural that appear more clearly defined in Ibsen's later realist cycle, St John's Night is a riotous and satirical comedy from a writer often associated with Nordic gloom. Reviews for Anthony Biggs's production of Ibsen's Little Eyolf: **** "You’ve got to hand it to Ibsen. A century after his death the founding father of modern drama still has the power to shock and awe".Neil Norman, Daily Express ***** "An Ibsen-esque tsunami of recrimination, guilt and despair" Tim Walker, Sunday Telegraph |
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| Author | Henrik Ibsen | |
| James McFarlane | ||
| Director | Anthony Biggs | |
| Featured Actors/Actresses | Luke Bateman | |
| Ed Birch | ||
| Louise Calf | ||
| Isla Carter | ||
| Sara Crowe | ||
| Roddy Maude-Roxby | ||
| Harry Napier | ||
| David Osmond | ||
| Danny Lee Wynter | ||
| Designer | James Perkins | |
| Lighting Designer | Richard Howell | |
| Music | Luke Bateman | |