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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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The
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and
Mr Hyde
by
David Edgar
from the novel by Robert Louis
Stevenson
Performed
at The Barbican Theatre, London
Opened on 21st November 1991
The
Royal Shakespeare Company |
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Pictures from
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
(please click
on each picture for a larger version)
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Roger
Allam as Dr Jekyll and
Lucy Slater as the Little Maid |
Roger
Allam as Dr Jekyll and
Simon Russell Beale as Mr Hyde |
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Roger
Allam as Dr Jekyll and
Simon Russell Beale as Mr Hyde
This is an interesting picture showing
the transformation from one to the other |
Roger
Allam as Dr Jekyll
Presumably it is only half the picture
as
he is only half the man |
Roger
Allam as Dr Jekyll and
Simon Russell Beale as Mr Hyde |
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| CAST: |
| Richard
Enfield |
Michael
Bott |
| Gabriel
John Utterson |
Oliver
Ford Davies |
| Katherine
Urquhart |
Pippa
Guard |
| Lucy |
Ellie
Beaven/Lilly Gallafent |
| Charles |
Robert
Jones/Mark Turnley |
| Annie
Loder |
Katrina
Levon |
| Dr Henry
Jekyll RFS |
Roger
Allam |
| Poole |
John
Bott |
| Dr Hastie
Lanyon |
Alec
Linstead |
| Mr Hyde |
Simon
Russell Beale |
| A Little
Maid |
Lucy
Slater |
| Sir
Danvers Carew |
Leonard
Kavanagh |
| A Parson |
John
Hodgkinson |
| Railway
Guard |
Troy
Webb |
| Boatmen |
Simon
Elliott & Troy Webb |
| Children |
Natalia
Cerqueira
Kendal Gaw
Kitty Healey
Johannah Playford |
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| TECHNICAL
TEAM: |
| Director |
Peter
Wood |
| Decor |
Carl
Toms |
| Costumes |
Johan
Engels |
| Lighting |
David
Hersey |
| Music |
Robert
Lockhart |
| Musical
Director |
Peter
Washtell |
| Sound |
Michael
McCoy and Monkey |
| Assistant
Director |
Clarissa
Brown |
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| Background
to the Play |
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| This
new version of Robert Louis Stevenson's
familiar chiller was by David Edgar, whose
previous, highly distinguished work with
the RSC includes "Destiny", "The Jail
Diary of Albie Sachs", "Maydays" and the
award-winning "Nicholas Nickleby". Edgar
uses the nightmarish story as the vehicle
for a sermon on Victorian values and the
human psyche at war with itself. But however
valid his points may be, this meant that
Peter Wood's stagy but sometimes effective
production tended to drag a little. Jekyll
and Hyde were played by Roger Allam and
Simon Russell Beale respectively. (In
a nice touch, Jekyll had a light Edinburgh
accent while Hyde was plainly from the
mean streets of Glasgow.) Edgar dutifully
related Jekyll's emotionally deprived
childhood and bundled in references to
every Victorian social issue imaginable.
But this worked against the effect of
Stevenson's original - a short, dark tale
as hard as granite. If Stevenson had made
"Jekyll and Hyde" as discursive as "Middlemarch"
or "Bleak House" it would have been forgotten
a long time ago. In Edgar's version, neither
the doctor nor the monster managed to
find the jugular. |
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