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Émile Zola’s Thérèse Raquin at the Finborough

Theatre Bench in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre present the world premiere of a musical theatre adaptation of Émile Zola’s Thérèse Raquin. Music is by Craig Adams with book and lyrics by Nona Shepphard, who also directs.

The cast comprises Julie Atherton, Lila Clements, Claire Greenway, Tara Hugo, Ellie Kirk, Jeremy Legat, Ben Lewis, Gary Tushaw, Verity Quade and Matt Wilman in story of paralysing passion.

As part of the Finborough Theatre’s acclaimed Celebrating British Music Theatre series, the world premiere of a new musical adaptation of the classic French novel Thérèse Raquin opens at the Finborough Theatre for a four-week run on Tuesday, 25th March 2014.

19th Century Paris. Behind the counter of a small dusty haberdasher’s shop near the Seine in the dank, narrow Passage du Pont Neuf, sit Madame Raquin and her beautiful niece Thérèse whom she has married off to her sickly son Camille in a loveless match. While he is out working, Thérèse serves in the shop and the monotony is only broken on Thursday nights, when Madame plays dominoes with a strange assortment of old friends.

Tickets are available through TicketWeb.

Photo by Darren Bell.

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