5/12/2023 0 Comments The enchanted april review![]() getaway schemeįiona Main’s Lotty Wilton, irritated by her materialistic solicitor husband Mellersh, is the driver of the whole scheme to escape London’s gloom. ![]() It is easy to see what might attract any number of community theatre companies it is still frustratingly rare to see a full-length play which has as many as four female roles taking centre stage and driving the action. There is undoubtedly also something more modern about it. Matthew Barber’s stage adaptation is from 2003 and has a stately period feel that makes it an ideal piece of escapism. These tend to change the characters’ names slightly (and all, mysteriously, drop the book’s definite article) but strive to keep the original’s plot and tone. The book’s gentle comedy of manners has persisted and given rise to several adaptations films, plays and even a musical. Pic Ross Main.Įlizabeth von Arnim’s 1922 novel The Enchanted April features two English women who rent an Italian castle with two other (temperamentally very different) travelling companions, to escape from post-war London and their unappreciative husbands. ![]() Fiona Main and Chris Cotter (Lotty and Mellersh Wilton). ![]()
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