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College News
October 26 2004
Royal Holloway plays out The American Dream
The highly acclaimed Drama Society of Royal Holloway, University of
London is to stage a unique production of The American Dream
by radical American playwright Edward Albee.
Albee's polemical 1960 play focuses on an all-American family and their unusual visitors one lunchtime. The text was originally written as dark comedy satire, uneasy with modern ideals of material wealth and the commodification of feelings such as love, family and intimacy. Described by the publishers as "a vicious little parable", the play has shocked audiences for many years with its unconventional and dramatic take on the world.
This production promises to be innovative and engaging, transforming
a white-walled lecture theatre into a far-removed world where anything
can happen. The student cast and production team is assembled from a
range of year groups and subject areas such as Drama, Classical Studies
and Geography. These performances do not aim criticism at any particular
government or nationality, but are poignant in a climate when conflicts
over money and social values dominate the headlines.
The Drama Society is one of Royal Holloway's highly active music and arts societies, open to all students from any course. The society produces over seven full-length plays every year, including original writing, devised work and culminating with a summer open-air Shakespeare performance in the grounds of Royal Holloway's spectacular Founder's building.
The American Dream by
Edward Albee
Lecture Theatre A,
Royal Holloway, University of London.
7.30 pm, Wednesday 17 - Friday 19 November.
Tickets are £5 / £3 and are available on the door.
ENDS
For further information contact Royal Holloway, University of London, Press Office:
Christine Long
Press & PR Officer
01784 443967, christine.long@rhul.ac.uk
Vicky Cousins
Assistant Press & Communications Officer
01784 414480, victoria.cousins@rhul.ac.uk
Richard Freeman
Press Assistant
01784 414471 (Wed only), press-assistant@rhul.ac.uk
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