Post by Havanah on Jan 12, 2011 20:33:40 GMT
A thread for update and discussion on the English translation of Rebecca that is set to grace both London and Broadway. This post will be updated with any information as it comes to light.
www.rebeccathemusical.com/
[glow=blue,2,300]Update[/glow] Due to the discovery of an underground stream under the London theatre Rebecca was supposed to premier in this spring, rendering that theater unsuitable for current use, alternative locations are being looked for. All suitable London theaters are booked. Could this lead to an earlier Broadway premier or just a later showing?
The spellbinding intrigue and aching romance of Daphne Du Maurier’s famous mystery thriller Rebecca are brought vividly to life in an electrifying new musical adaptation, staged by Tony Award-winning Michael Blakemore and world-renowned director Francesca Zambello.
In 1930s Cornwall, the young, naïve bride of Maxim De Winter arrives at his grand, imposing country manor, Manderley, expecting only a life of married bliss with her new husband. But Manderley is not so welcoming to the new lady of the house. For the spirit of Rebecca, Maxim’s beautiful and ever-dominant first wife, lost in a sailing accident a year earlier, is everywhere, hanging over the young bride like a curse and overshadowing everything she does. As the chillingly malevolent housekeeper Mrs Danvers becomes ever more hostile, it soon becomes apparent that Manderley is a house of devastating secrets, and the mystery of Rebecca may be the greatest of them all...
Famously filmed in 1940 by Alfred Hitchcock and winner of the Best Picture Oscar, Rebecca is now set to thrill the world all over again in this spectacular and gripping new staging. The original book was written and adapted by Michael Kunze and was translated by the Academy Award-winning Christopher Hampton. They have both collaborated on the English lyrics, and with a sumptuous, unforgettable score by Sylvester Levay, Rebecca The Musical is a breathtaking, extraordinary and simply unmissable piece of theatre.
In 1930s Cornwall, the young, naïve bride of Maxim De Winter arrives at his grand, imposing country manor, Manderley, expecting only a life of married bliss with her new husband. But Manderley is not so welcoming to the new lady of the house. For the spirit of Rebecca, Maxim’s beautiful and ever-dominant first wife, lost in a sailing accident a year earlier, is everywhere, hanging over the young bride like a curse and overshadowing everything she does. As the chillingly malevolent housekeeper Mrs Danvers becomes ever more hostile, it soon becomes apparent that Manderley is a house of devastating secrets, and the mystery of Rebecca may be the greatest of them all...
Famously filmed in 1940 by Alfred Hitchcock and winner of the Best Picture Oscar, Rebecca is now set to thrill the world all over again in this spectacular and gripping new staging. The original book was written and adapted by Michael Kunze and was translated by the Academy Award-winning Christopher Hampton. They have both collaborated on the English lyrics, and with a sumptuous, unforgettable score by Sylvester Levay, Rebecca The Musical is a breathtaking, extraordinary and simply unmissable piece of theatre.
www.rebeccathemusical.com/
[glow=blue,2,300]Update[/glow] Due to the discovery of an underground stream under the London theatre Rebecca was supposed to premier in this spring, rendering that theater unsuitable for current use, alternative locations are being looked for. All suitable London theaters are booked. Could this lead to an earlier Broadway premier or just a later showing?