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Death and the Maiden
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A major revival of Ariel Dorfman's 1990 play Death and the Maiden in London starring Thandie Newton and directed by Jeremy Herrin.
Beware of turning into the enemy you most fear. Years have passed since political prisoner, Paulina suffered at the hands of her captor: A man whose face she never saw, but can still recall with terrifying clarity. Tonight, by chance, a stranger arrives at the secluded beach house she shares with her husband Gerardo, a human rights lawyer. A stranger Paulina is convinced was her tormentor and must now be held to account...
An explosive moral thriller Death and the Maiden is an intense and thrilling account of confession and revenge set against the backdrop of a new democracy, emerging from a long period of dictatorship. Thandie Newton plays 'Paulina', a former political prisoner who struggles to find a form of reconciliation for the experience that she and others, have endured.
The cast for this revival of Death and the Maiden in London features Thandie Newton as 'Paulina'. The production is directed by Jeremy Herrin with designs by Peter McKintosh. Thandie Newton was awarded a BAFTA for her role in Crash, Paul Haggis' Oscar-winning film about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles. She played Simon Pegg's ex-girlfriend in Run Fat Boy Run and 'Condoleezza Rice' in Oliver Stone's W. Jeremy Herrin is the Deputy Artistic Director at the Royal Court.
Death and the Maiden was originally staged at The Royal Court Theatre in November 1991 before it transferred for a ten month run at the Duke Of York's Theatre in 1992 starring Juliet Stevenson, Bill Patterson and Michael Byrne. The play was seen the following year in New York at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Broadway for a five month run starring Glenn Close, Richard Dreyfuss and Gene Hackman. A film version was released in 1994 starring Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley and Stuart Wilson.
Death and the Maiden in London at the Comedy Theatre previews from 13 October 2011, opens on 24 October 2011 and closes on 21 January 2012.
