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2013

Muses: Actors and Poets: Sylvia Plath

Written by Clint Dyer

Play Details

Context

Artistic Director
Vicky Featherstone

 

 

Dates Performed

Monday 15th July 2013
Jerwood Theatre Upstairs

Play Details

Synopsis

The idea of having a muse is an old one, and for playwrights it has a fine history. Shakespeare wrote for Burbage, Chekhov for Olga Knipper, David Hare for Kate Nelligan, and Simon Stephens for Daniel Mays.

We appear to be mostly men. May be there’s something in male writers in particular working this way?

But inspiration comes in many guises and lately poetry, in its distilled form, has been important too. I was interested in how verse and a particular actor might fire another writer, so I asked Clint Dyer to see how he responded…

Director(s)

Clint Dyer

Cast & Creative

Cast

Corey Johnson

Cast

Charlotte Randle

Designer

Chloe Lamford

Music

Surprise Theatre

Assistant Director

Vicky Featherstone