Related news & reviews:
Keira Knightly makes her stage debut in Molière’s The Misanthrope
Waiting until you’re 24 and you’ve got a successful Hollywood film career under your belt isn’t exactly the usual story of an actress’ build up to a West End debut, but Keira Knightly is just about to take to the stage for the first time in a revival of Molière’s The Misanthrope (or Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux as I like to call it... Yeah, believe it) at the Comedy Theatre.
Starring alongside Damien Lewis (Band of Brothers) and Tara Fitzgeral, Knightly plays Jennifer, an American film star, in the adaptation of the 17th Century comedy of manners. Written originally as a satire on the hypocrisies of the French aristocratic society, Martin Crimp’s version transports the play from Paris to modern day London.
Despite appearing in big budget US box office smashes like Pirates of the Caribbean and being nominated for Oscars, Golden Globes and BAFTAs, Knightly is reported to have serious butterflies at the thought of performing live on the West End. According to an interview in The Times she was “freaked out” by one of Thea Sharrock’s (the play’s director) acting sessions.
The Misanthrope opened on Thursday 17th December at London’s Comedy Theatre and runs all the way through to March 13th. Maybe the stage nerves will be gone by the time March comes round.
---------------------
---------------------
---------------------
---------------------
---------------------
Follow Tuppence Magazine on:
© 2009 Tuppence Magazine. All Rights Reserved.
