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Christopher Hampton
Total Eclipse
by Christopher Hampton
Synopsis
Christopher Hampton Drama
Characters: 10 male 5 female plus extras Various Sets
Revised version.
Total Eclipse is an intelligent look at the relationship between Rimbaud and Verlaine and shows considerable insight into the bourgeois and artistic societies of the period as well as a moving understanding of homosexuality.
"The first six scenes develop the contrast between the two men...and their mutual need for each other as they move th
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"The first six scenes develop the contrast between the two men...and their mutual need for each other as they move through and away from the literary life of the time and from Verlaine's wife and her family. A remarkable cafe dialogue with the two poets drunk and drugged subtly suggests the private, timeless world they built together and ends on a note of violence to show how fragile it was...A compelling evening in the theatre."
— New Statesman
Publication
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year 2011
Binding Paperback
Pages 96
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573616921
ISBN-10 0573616922
Total Eclipse is a British historical play written by Christopher Hampton and published by Faber & Faber in London (2011).
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