![]() ![]() later of the novel and play LAmante anglaise (1967 1968).1 In these three. I have rarely been as impressed by performance as I was by this production. is well aware that Marguerite Duras was not murdered (unless, that is. ![]() L’amante anglaise is a thrilling psychological drama, beautifully served by superb performances. Initially rational and lacking remorse, but so mousy as to invite disbelief she could have committed such a grisly crime, Murray’s Claire gradually reveals a woman imprisoned long before the murder: by the weight of nostalgia for a youthful love affair, by her loveless marriage, by the insistent drip of her own thoughts and finally, by the flood of madness. Jillian Murray won a Green Room Award for this performance, and rightly so. L’amante anglaise is an engrossing theatrical experience with assured acting and direction. Murray is remarkable and disconcerting as the eccentric, mercurial Claire, depicting her as a woman teetering on the brink of psychosis but hauling herself back to some version of reality in which she is a bewildered, light-voiced and childlike creature… Meldrum is contained and compelling as Pierre and his rich, dark, velvety voice is almost hypnotic in both of his roles. ![]()
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