House Of Desires

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Play Opened 1 February 2005, Closed 21 March 2005

Playhouse Theatre
Northumberland Avenue, London

Presented by The Royal Shakespeare Company.

House of Desires is a delightful comedy about a brother and sister caught in a web of love and confusion, written by Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, a celebrated playwright and scholar of the age.

A brother and sister are entangled in a web of love with four others with everyone under one roof, mayhem ensues as all six characters struggle to be alone with their lovers, and we try to work out who really loves whom.

This production is translated by Catherine Boyle and directed by Nancy Meckler.

"Nancy Meckler's wittily inventive production" The London Evening Standard

"A delightful revelation" The Financial Times

"Nancy Meckler's exuberant production... has the undeniable smell of success" The Guardian

"The show is a delight... deliriously funny... sparkily translated by Catherine Boyle... [a] night of riotous pleasure" The Daily Telegraph

The following book is available to buy online:: House of Desires by Ines De La Cruz translated by Catherine Boyle

House Of Desires is presented at The Playhouse Theatre by The Royal Shakespeare Company in repertory with Pedro, The Great Pretender and The Dog In A Manger.