Rare Revival
Footfalls and Rockaby
BY SAMUEL BECKETT.
DIRECTED BY RICHARD BEECHAM.
3 November -
13 November 2021
13 November 2021
Overview
“There is no sleep so deep I would not hear you there.”
A rocking chair creaks. Footsteps echo down a corridor, tracing and retracing the same path. An old woman hears a voice from beyond – a voice that sounds eerily like her own. In this pair of miniature masterpieces, Beckett dazzlingly explores his obsessions with age, memory, and the passing of time.
Following Beckett’s All That Fall and the Beckett Triple Bill, Jermyn Street Theatre uncovers two more of Samuel Beckett’s rarely performed gems. Multi award-winning Dame Siân Phillips (I, Claudius, Under Milk Wood) and Charlotte Emmerson (Food of Love, The Cherry Orchard) are directed by Richard Beecham in an unmissable double bill.
People
Siân Phillips
Performer
Performer
Siân received a CBE and DBE for service to drama. A multiple award nominee, she was awarded a BAFTA for How Green Was My Valley, a Royal TV Award and BAFTA for I, Claudius, and nominated for a Tony and Olivier Award for her performance as Marlene Dietrich in Marlene. Siân regularly performs at Jermyn Street Theatre and most notably starred in the double bill of Samuel Beckett's Footfalls and Rockaby in 2021.
Charlotte Emmerson
Performer
Performer
Charlotte is known for her roles in See No Evil: The Moors Murders, Casualty 1909 and Underworld and her radio work. She was most recently seen on stage in Alone in Berlin at Northampton’s Royal and Derngate.
Media
“This is theatre built from anguish, longing and bleached bones: exquisite”
The Times
“a chilly autumnal double bill, as crisp and dark as the night above.”
The Guardian
“This is difficult, but seminal, viewing”
The Stage
“Beautiful, eerie and horrifying”
London Pub Theatre
“A sad but deeply rewarding evening”
Reviewsgate
“A show which must be seen to be understood”
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