
The Welkin
Lucy Kirkwood
F17 M3
Ariel Dorfman(Nick Hern Books)
3.87 out of 5
Small Cast (2)Female (1)Male (1)
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West End opening for world premiere of new play by the author of Death and the Maiden - starring Rupert Graves A Man and a Woman - who are timeless versions of the mythical Jason and Medea - have entered purgatory: a soul-less white room.
Each is interrogated in turn by the other.
Each has to reach a state of forgiveness and contrition before they can leave purgatory and 'move on'.
In the course of all this the Medea 'story' is reprised - particularly from her point of view.
An outstanding moment is when she recalls - with terrible reality - how she actually killed her children: including the horrifying decision as to which one to kill first (while the other looks on).
Purgatory is like Sartre's Huis Clos rewritten by Kafka.
The whole play has a hypnotic, mesmeric, circular quality: the end links up to the beginning in a seamless round.
It is a play brimming with ideas, blending myth with multifold literary references.
There has been nothing as serious and ambitious on the London stage for years.