Literature North West

When : 10th November 2010 - 7:30pm
Where : Crosby Civic Hall, Waterloo
Price : £10.00

Interwoven with pastoral comedy, dance, music, and paying fine attention to period detail, the drama is rooted in Hardy’s atmospheric ‘Wessex’ and skillfully recreates the story of Tess – a maiden who falls victim to male lust and social hypocrisy.

Opening on a glorious spring day, amidst May time merrymaking, the plot begins when young Tess sets out, on her drunken father’s behalf, to claim ‘kinship’ with the aristocratic D’Urbervilles.

Inexperienced, unworldly Tess is offered work on the D’Urberville estate and reluctantly makes her home there, becoming entwined with ‘bounder’ Alec D’Urberville but fate soon moves against the innocent Tess and she begins another journey, along an almost impassible road, thick with brambles, pot-holes, one that eventually leads the dairy maid to the brooding ruins of Stonehenge – symbolic site of pagan sacrifice.

Thomas Hardy’s passionate; page-turner Tess Of The D’Urbervilles is brought to the stage by Theatreworks, a company with a national reputation for ‘flawless adaptations’. Just sit back, enjoy the show and let yourself be transported back to Thomas Hardy’s Dorset!

It’s a far cry from the often flippant productions of other companies and is all the better for being something you can get your teeth into...The sound of the
cast singing country music together is beautiful”- Manchester Evening News
“A joy to watch”- Evening Standard
“A cultural treat”- The Independent
“A production of exquisite sensitivity”- The Telegraph

*Broadhursts Bookshopl will be selling copies of Thomas Hardy books before and after the event for the event.