There
is always a quandary in my mind when the same play is on more than
once in the Fringe. Do I attend one or the other or both?
I
decided this time to attend both with this production being the
second. Both plays are based on translations of Sade's original,
with three unconnected people being consigned to Hell for eternity
because of past misdemeanours. But where are the torturers?
Garcan, Rob Pomfret, a Brazilian
publisher and maybe coward, Inez, Jeannette Longworth, a postal
worker, and Estelle, Anna Kauppila, a young, beautiful Parisienne
society girl.
As
the play develops it becomes clear that they are their own
tormentors as the complex interactions and history is played out
to the full.
This
is an excellent production, but less intense that the version by
Act Provocateur, so if you wish to see a slightly tamer version,
then this could be for you and you will not be disappointed,
however for the full in your face version, check out the other
one.
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