A new production of Emma Rice's
Wuthering Heights opens today, July 7, in Stamford, UK:
Tolethorpe Youth Drama presents:
Adapted by Emma Rice
Based on the novel by Emily Brontë
July 7-9
Rutland Open Air Theatre in the grounds of Tolethorpe Hall
With Emma Wheeler and Tomasz Clark.
Rescued from the Liverpool docks as a child, Heathcliff is adopted by the Earnshaws and taken to live at Wuthering Heights. In their daughter Catherine, Heathcliff finds a kindred spirit and a fierce love ignites. When forced apart, however, a brutal chain of events is unleashed.
This epic masterpiece of love, revenge and redemption is transformed into a passionate, powerful and uniquely exciting theatrical experience by TYD Theatre Makers.
Pictures of the rehearsals can be seen on the company's
Facebook Wall.
The Moment Magazine devoted an article to the company and this particular new production:
Tolethorpe Youth Drama will transport us to the Yorkshire Moors of the early 1800s this summer, with its innovative staging of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. Richard Gunn talks to its principal, Mary Benzies, about this and everything else that the group offers young people interested in the world of performance. (...)
“In this adaptation by Emma Rice, it felt like it had ‘TYD’ written all over it. It holds alot of scope to put our own stamp on it. For example, the character of Nelly Dean (who is the main storyteller in the novel) has been replaced by the character of the Yorkshire Moors themselves, which is an ensemble, a type of Greek chorus. It really works to create the mood of the whole piece and ensemble work is very important to us, so it’s not just one or two people driving the story but the whole cast. As the play progresses, everybody at some point will be part of that moor. You don’t really rest if you’re an actor in one of our shows.”
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