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The conflict between sexual and spiritual love. In myth, Ursula so wanted to keep her virginity that she travelled down the Rhine accompanied by 10,000 virgins to break off her betrothal. The play took its inception form the image The Massacre of the Virgin Martyrs in the sixteenth century altar piece by Cranach the Elder in Dresden. Cranach revolutionised the subject by shifting the attention of the viewer from the victims to the perpetrator, The Prince. First performed in 1998 by The Wrestling School at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Barker's play reconstructs the Ursula legend by moving the focus to a very different place: the tragic theatre. The play contains scenes that have adult language and nudity.

Creatives/Company

Author: Howard Barker
Company: The Central School of Speech of Drama
Director: Stephen Rawsthorne
Lighting: David Howe

Ursula

Ursula (Play) production archive for QTIX code T854667825. Details of all Ursula archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S5428

Archive Listings

8 Nov 00
to
11 Nov 00

Embassy Theatre
Inner London, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

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