Details

Total Eclipse is the story of renowned 19th century French poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine, who endured a passionate and volatile relationship that has inspired generations of artists from Picasso and TS Eliot to Jim Morrison and Bob Dylan. Verlaine is living with his young wife Mathilde in the oppressive atmosphere of her parents home when his life is turned upside down by the arrival of teenage prodigy Rimbaud, brimming with lively rebellion and an insatiable intensity. Seduced by his brilliance and beauty, Verlaine abandons his conventional existence to live an extraordinary life unbound by rules or convention. But the explosive world in which he and Rimbaud exist cannot last forever. Impoverished, transient and trapped in a destructive romantic triangle, something - or someone - has to give...

Cast/Performers

Daniel Evans (Paul Verlaine), Jamie Doyle (Arthur Rimbaud)

Creatives/Company

Author: Christopher Hampton
Producer: David Babani (for Chocolate Factory Productions)
Director: Paul Miller
Design: Paul Wills
Lighting: Hartley TA Kemp
Music: David Shrubsole

Total Eclipse

Total Eclipse (Play) production archive for QTIX code T2128682518. Details of all Total Eclipse archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S1977856137

Archive Listings

19 Mar 07
to
27 May 07

Menier Chocolate Factory
Outer London, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

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