Night Express Live to Present World Premiere of TO BE OR NOT TO BE SCARLETT O'HARA

 

 

Night Express Live , under the direction of Raffaele Cericola, is pleased to announce the World Premiere " To be or not to be Scarlett O'Hara" by Simone Leonardi, with adaptation and direction by Raffaele Cericola.

"You will be Scarlett O 'Hara". How many people in the world have been told this phrase? Only one: Vivien Leigh. And then? What happened next? You may say: she shot the film, of course. But let's step back in the middle of time: what happened an hour after the proposal? Two hours after? How did she and how did Larry react to the news? What happens to a couple when one of the two is going to have his big chance? And what kind of "plans" in a woman's private life must be abandoned to fill a career in the movies?

To be or not to be Scarlett O 'Hara tackles, with imagination, the moment immediately following the Christmas dinner of 1938 at first director-in-charge of "Gone With The Wind" George Cukor's place. In the biography by Donald Spoto about Laurence Olivier it's told that, while dining, Cukor took Vivien on one side and announced her she had been chosen for the role and then everyone was happy for her "except, maybe, Larry". In this single act we meet the two famous actors after dinner in their hotel room and we see them dealing with the change that a golden opportunity such as interpreting the eternal role of Scarlett produces on a pair. Just when the couple seems to find a balance, an unforeseen trouble comes out. Fact or fiction? We will never know...

Man, as male individual, still struggles to accept women's success. It is not a problem of times but rather cultural. As the Hollywood industry passed on feelings like a steamroller, so today the craving for self-affirmation, economic stability and success is threatening lovers' peace. And actually, as in this comedy, it is the job's world, with its strict and cold rules, to make decisions for us. "To be or not to be" was Hamlet's torment. Vivien's. Or anybody's.

 

The play is coming soon, April 2017! .25th-30th April @ Etcetera Theatre

For reservations and more information,

https://www.ticketea.co.uk/tickets-theatre-scarlett-o39-hara-world-premiere/

or please contact info@nightexpresslive.co.uk

 

 

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