Theatre Of Blood
by Phelim Mcdermott, Lee Simpson

Name: Theatre Of Blood
Brand: Phelim Mcdermott
SKU: 9781840025781
Rating: 4.38 (19 reviews)

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Highlights

British Mystery

What readers are saying

Readers have mixed feelings about the play. While some appreciate its campy fun and potential for staging, others feel it struggles in certain areas compared to the original material.

Captures campy funInteresting adaptationExciting staging potentialLacks depth in execution

Synopsis

Seven self-regarding critics assemble at a disused theatre in response to a mysterious invitation.

Too late they discover its gruesome purpose as Edward Lionheart, an actor frenzied by a lifetime of sneering reviews, hacks his revengeful way through the bloody works of Shakespeare, assisted by a gang of murderous tramps

The laws of theatre supersede the laws of physics in this macabre exhibition of putty noses, Kensington gore and some very large acting indeed

Theatre of Blood was produced by Improbable Theatre in collaboration with the National Theatre, starring Jim Broadbent, in May 2005.