A quite remarkable and sharp rendition of the classic Zola tale of betrayal and guilt by a highly talented and superbly marshaled bunch of girls from The Cheltenham Ladies College.
A highly innovative production which shows a level of sophistication that would be a challenge for a professional drama company is carried of superbly.The degree of difficulty of the delivery of lines , each participant is required to deliver a clause at a time to narrate the story,makes hard work for the students , the few occasions where the metronome was slightly awry was glossed over with delicate grace, thus the actresses never allowed the odd missed note to faze their performance in the least.
The story itself is one of the punishment for the crime is the crime itself , the protagonists can never rationally come to terms with the action taken , guiltridden and emotionally weighed down by crippling remorse, they suffer a miserable existence instead of the harmonious escape the action initially promised ,which they can only escape by killing themselves.
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