Theatre Alba at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 1999
Two Plays in Scots not to be missed!
New Translation into Scots,
by DAVID PURVES,
of Anton Chekhov's THE THREE SISTERS
Tuesday 17th August - Sunday 29th August (not23rd)
LAURISTON HALLS, LAURISTON ST. (VENUE 27)
7.30 pm - 10.15 pm (approx)
Tickets £7.00 (Concessions* £5.00) Suitable Ages 13+
Tel. Fringe Box Office - 0131 226 5138
Chekov's genius gifts us a play of beautiful artistic and genuine truth
unlocking the secret corners of the human heart.
As usual with Chekov, THE THREE SISTERS takes place in a common-place
setting where extraordinary events transpire.It portrays the steady
destruction of a middle-class family by the most malevolent character
Chekhov ever created, Natasha. Conflict between culture and vulgarity
provide the basic theme.
A fresh and contemporary relevance is brought to this play through David
Purves' unique translation into Scots and Theatre Alba lends the
masterpiece a compelling richness and vivacity.
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TAMLANE
a play in Scots by EDWIN STIVEN
Thursday Aug. - Saturday 22 Aug.
AND
Thursday 26 Aug. - Saturday 29 Aug.
Venue 121 - Duddingston Kirk Manse Gardens,Old Church Lane, Duddingston Village
20.15 (approx finish time 22.00)
Tickets £7.00 (Concessions* £5.00)
OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE - Bring a Rug!
Tel. Fringe Box Office - 0131 226 5138
Follows last year's triumph for the Scottish Theatre, set against the
magnificent backdrop of Duddingston Loch.
The play is set in the Scottish Borders of the 13th century but it really
inhabits the world of the Ballads. This is a world rich in metaphor where
good and evil, Christianity and paganism, sex and death...all exist on
different planes of a reality suffused by allegory. It is a world entirely
different from that found in the historical record of the medieval period,
particularly in regard to its description of women and women's sexuality.
One theory as to why this should be so is that, unlike the other records of
the time, the Ballads were written by women.
The heroine of our play, Janet, is a girl reaching womanhood. She is drawn
to the dark wood of Carterhaugh nearby her home. There she meets a
mysterious character who calls himself Tamlane. He claims that , like her,
he is of noble parentage but has been put in thrall by the Queen of
Fairies. Janet is seduced by him and resolves to rescue him from the Fairy
Host on Halloween. Meanwhile Janet's sister Margaret is similarly drawn to
the even darker figure of Harpkin, the Elfin Knight. As Halloween
approaches the tensions mount and the powerful Fairy Queen senses a threat
to her sinister domain.
* Concessions - under 18's, unemployed, students, unwaged, disabled.
Theatre Alba
Artistic Director - Charles Nowosielski
Musical Director - Richard Cherns
Message posted by Margaret McSeveney, for Theatre Alba
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