Until 25th February 2012

Paul Deavin in association
with Jermyn Street Theatre
presents
A Primavera production
BLOODY POETRY

by Howard Brenton

Director: Tom Littler
Set & Projection Design: Will Reynolds
Costume: Emily Stuart
Lighting Design: Tim Mascall
Sound Design: George Dennis

"The two poets meet on a beach. Light blazes off the water, behind them.
In their exile, they embrace. It will be like a statue.
And I have been the lover of one, and am the lover of the other."

Penniless and hounded by the tabloid press, the Romantic poet Shelley has fled to the shores of Lake Geneva. With him, his new wife, Mary Shelley, and her half-sister, Claire Clairmont. As their scandalous menage-a-trois threatens to implode, Claire introduces the Shelleys to the world's most famous poet - her other lover, Lord Byron.
"In a hotel room, ten miles from London, I lifted my skirts. For the good of English poetry?"

Tom Littler directs Howard Brenton's masterpiece about one of the most spectacular summers in English literature: a summer of sex, jealousy, and genius.

Howard Brenton's work includes Anne Boleyn, Danton's Death, Paul, Pravda (with David Hare), The Romans in Britain and Weapons of Happiness, which opened the new National Theatre. He won a Whatonstage Best New Play award for Anne Boleyn and Evening Standard Best Play awards for Pravda and Weapons of Happiness. His 14 episodes of Spooks won a BAFTA Best Drama Series in 2003.

Primavera returns to the Jermyn Street Theatre after previous sell-out productions of Saturday Night and Anyone Can Whistle. Praise for Primavera's work includes:

"Thirtysomething directors Rupert Goold and Josie Rourke are big names now, but those keen to talent-spot the next generation should take a look at Tom Littler."- Evening Standard
***** Critics' Choice, Show of the Week - Time Out on Saturday Night
**** "Tom Littler's fine, detailed production ensures you hang on every word."
The Telegraph on Madagascar
**** "Tom Littler's lucid production is extraordinarily moving ...A work of intricate imagination, immaculately delivered." - The Times on Origin of the Species.


CAST:
Joe Bannister, Joanna Christie, Emily Glenister
Rhiannon Sommers, David Sturzaker, Nick Trumble


Monday to Saturday 7.30pm. Saturday matinees 3.30pm

Tickets: £18.00 & £14.00 concessions.


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