Camdram

    The Lesson
    By Eugène Ionesco

    19:30, Thu 9th – Sun 12th March 2023 at Lightfoot Room, Old Divinity School
    Lent Week 7 to Week 8

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    Murder
    Sexual assault
    Death
    Coercion

    Arithmetic leads to Philology, and Philology leads to Crime…

    When a timid professor takes on a new pupil, he steadily descends into destruction, control and manipulation.

    The Lesson is a searching, alarming one-act play that looks at automatic power placed in the wrong hands. A twisted and haunting take on the education system, this is the teacher-pupil dynamic at its most gritty, gruelling and self-aware. Ionesco’s play is a darkly comedic take on the dangers of indoctrination and the depths of what it means to mould someone in your hands. No-one leaves this play unscathed.

    Cast

    Pupil/Professor
    Pupil/Professor

    Production Team

    Director
    Producer
    Movement Director –
    Lighting Designer
    Composer