Details

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 Therese whom she has married off to her sickly son Camille in a loveless match. While he is out working, Therese serves in the shop and the monotony is only broken on Thursday nights, when Madame plays dominoes with a strange assortment of old friends. On one such Thursday, Camille brings a childhood friend to the party - the bluff and attractive Laurent. He inspires such an incredibly powerful passion in Therese that she abandons all her inhibitions and her loyalties. This brutal and overwhelming passion overturns all their lives and has results nobody could have foreseen. Performance Length: approx: 2 and a half hours with one interval.

Cast/Performers

Julie Atherton (Therese Raquin), Lila Clements (Suzanne), Claire Greenway (River Woman), Tara Hugo (Madame), Ellie Kirk (River Woman), Jeremy Legat (Camille), Ben Lewis (Laurent), Gary Tushaw (Grivet), Verity Quade (River Woman), Matt Wilman (Oarsman)

Creatives/Company

Music(s): Craig Adams, Craig Adams, Craig Adams (orchestration)
Book by: Nona Shepphard (based on the novel by Emile Zola)
Lyrics: Nona Shepphard
Company: Theatre Bench (in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre)
Director: Nona Shepphard
Design: Laura Cordery
Lighting: Neil Fraser