19:00, Tue 23rd – Sat 27th February 2027 at Corpus Playroom
Lent Week 5

'I would give all I have, except for what I got from it, to be back in Paris again as it was.'

The 1920s Parisian Left Bank had a gap in the shape of Djuna Barnes. Her prose had a beloved poignancy. But her drama? Desperate for its moment to prove the same.

This performance in Corpus Playroom includes two of her one-act plays from ‘A Book.’ They are intensely static but sharp, intimately honest but riveting.

'I have no virtues'.
‘Three from the Earth’ depicts the Carson brothers from the country, coming to see the luxurious Kate Morley. In the past, she had engaged romantically with their father – and the brothers want their letters. Their truth. Accusation to revelation, commentary to defence – here, words and writings hold a great power.

'I am a woman, Gheid Storm, who is not in need'.
‘To the Dogs’ centres the witty Helena Hucksteppe and the pleading Gheid Storm. Gheid embodies the pinnacle of male entitlement. Thankfully, Helena does not comply. Her charmingly confident demeanour clashes with him, providing a richness of humbling dialogue.

Immerse yourself in the unruly intensity of this literary world, watching the characters unfold in the intriguingly intimate domestic space reflecting 1920s Paris.

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