The
Journey of Jeannie Deans is derived from 'The Heart of Midlothian'
novel by Sir Walter Scott, adapted by Judy Steel for the Rowan Tree
theatre Company.
In this show we meet Effie Deans (Nicola Jo
Cully) a wayward teenager, her sister Jeannie Deans (Hannah Read),
Madge Wildfire (Zoe Hunter) a disturbed young woman of no fixed
abode and an English actor (Sean Kane). Effie falls in love, gets
into trouble and looses the child but thanks to the laws at the time
she is imprisoned sentenced to death.
Jeannie
is approached to go to London and save her sister, her only method
of transport is walking.
There
are other storylines twisted around this main one. Making this
production interesting as is the fact that the four performers play
all 11 characters.
The
show is cleverly written with some superb characterisations,
interesting costume changes and some really great music.
This
is an ideal show for admirers of pure forms of theatre particularly
those with traditionally Scottish themes.
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