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Hace 5 días · This latest production, directed by Atri Banerjee, reaches BOV this month and embraces the lack of convention Tennessee Williams was drawn to. We caught up with lead actress Geraldine Somerville, who plays Amanda Wingfield, to find out how the company is living up to Tennessee Williams’ original intentions and why the play still endures today.
Hace 5 días · Somerville is a softly spoken, faded southern belle, but no Blanche DuBois. Her insistent, concerned pestering of her children is the appeal of a bygone generation in an America blithely unaware of the impending war and even in moments of angered exasperation, her affection for her son and daughter and concern for their futures is manifest.
Hace 21 horas · Geraldine Somerville plays Amanda, switching effortlessly between instruction, encouragement, flirtation and anger. Her delivery is occasionally too quiet but she maintains a level of nervous energy which justifies the resigned frustration each of her children feels.
20 de abr. de 2024 · Amanda Wingfield (a captivating Geraldine Somerville) is a single mother in a household with daughter Laura (Natalie Kimmerling) and son Tom (Kasper Hilton-Hille), the latter of whom has a dual role as the play’s narrator.
7 de may. de 2024 · I’m delighted to be reunited with Geraldine and to work with our new cast members to bring this story to life.” Geraldine Somerville ’s many screen roles include playing Lily Potter in the eight Harry Potter films, and DS Jane Penhaligon in the celebrated ITV series Cracker, for which she was nominated for a BAFTA.
20 de abr. de 2024 · Geraldine Somerville scintillates as the reluctant matriarch Amanda Wingfield whose erstwhile husband “fell in love with long distances” and hasn’t appeared in more than a decade save in his grinning portrait on the family’s mantle.
Hace 21 horas · Geraldine Somerville brings out the wince-inducing comedy.’ Independent ★★★★ ‘Tennessee Williams meets Whitney Houston. Tremendous.’ Observer ★★★★ ‘Halfway between memory, dream and something entirely imagined. Heart-wrenching.’ Daily Telegraph
