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Our ….. Piece is from ring round the moon
Written in 1950 by Jean Anouit, set in france at around 1910
The complex plot centres around the aristocratic twins hugo and Frederic the latter who is engaged to my character Diana, a spoilt and very wealthy lady
Hugo has hired the services of a young Ballerina Isabelle, who i play, who is to pose as a rich relative at the party they throw.
Which makes Diana jealous as Isabelle turns a lot of heads
Our …. Piece is from Simon Armitages play the story of the Illiad
Which was published in 2014
The play depicts the last few days of the Trojan war complete with Gods and Goddesses overseeing the destruction
This early scene is between Andromache who i play who is the wife of the Trojan leader Hector
And Helen, former wife to Menelaus whose abduction by Paris famously triggered the 10 year war conflict between the Greeks and the Romans
Helen is at work weaving a vast tapestry of the war when Andromache comes to find her
Our first piece is from act one of Shakespeare’s early comedies the merry wives of windsor i play mistress page who has just received an unexpected love letter
And her great friend mistress ford who i play has received an identical letter and rushes round to share the news
The two are outraged to discover that the writer of the letters is the notorious drunk sir John Falstaff
Who thinks he can get money from the women’s husbands if he manages to have affairs with them
