Northanger Abbey
By Jane Austen
Adapted by Matthew Francis
Directed by Carissa Teeling
Season: 9th July - 20th August 2011Preview night 8th July
Friday and Saturday nights at 8pm
Sunday matinée at 4.30pm
If you're looking to be stimulated, entertained, or even to just relax for an evening and forget the world that lines five days of your week then I can't advise Northanger Abbey strongly enough. - Rose Hodson, Australian Stage
...a good, if quiet way to spend a wintry Saturday evening. Or any other night of the week. - Brad Syke, Crikey
Highly diverting, and I'd really recommend the theatre. - Kirribilli Kim
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Matthew Francis' adaptation of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey is a fast paced journey of the naive, novel reading heroine Catherine Morland. Catherine's journey takes us on an adventure between her fantasy world of the gothic novel Udolpho and the reality of her new societal life in Bath, where we meet characters of seemingly faithful friendships and of tragic beguiled influence.
But as these two worlds head toward an inevitable clash it is her hero Mr Tilney that awakens her to the wisdom of "we mustn't allow what we read to effect how we behave". Together with traditional Regency dancing, Venetian mask work and stage and lighting effects this play will be a delightful theatrical experience.
| Production: | |
| Director: | Carissa Teeling |
| Assistant Director: | Debbie Smith |
| Set Design: | Owen Gimblett |
| Costume Design: | Nicola Griggs |
| Lighting Design: | Timothy M Carter |
| Sound Design: | Carissa Teeling |
| Production Manager: | Roger Gimblett |
| Crew: | |
| Stage Manager: | Amy Roberts |
| Sound & Lighting Operation: | Susan Lafford-Jacob Jess Zapelli |
| Cast: | |
| Catherine Morland: | Sam Prior |
| Isabella Thorpe: | Tiffany C Stoecker |
| John Thorpe: | Thomas Greader |
| Mrs Allen: | Meg Mooney |
| Annette: | Jane Thorpe |
| Henry Tilney: | Ray Mainsbridge |
| Mrs Morland / Mrs Thorpe: | Penny Day |
| Eleanor Tilney: | Justine Kacir |
| James Morland: | Nicholas Pond |
| Mr Morland: | Jon Prowse |
| General / Montoni / Dimity: | Mark Nagle |
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