LUCRECE

LUCRECE is raped by Tarquin, the King's son. She chooses to tell her story and demand justice and revenge rather than remain silent. Her courage leads to the overthrow of the monarchy, and the founding of the Roman republic.

Following a critically acclaimed run in India, THE SHAKESPEARE EDIT performed this thrilling adaptation of Shakespeare's epic poem at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2019.

Meher Mistry - Chorus, Lucy Briggs-Owen - Lucrece, Portia van de Braam - Chorus.

LUCRECE was co-produced with the NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS MUMBAI, and presented as a one-off festival performance in 2017 with a mixed UK/Indian cast. It was revived as part of the inaugural NCPA theatre season with an Indian cast in December 2018, and subsequently presented in Edinburgh in 2019.

MUMBAI CAST 2017:

Lucrece: Lucy Briggs-Owen

Chorus: Meher Mistry, Portia van de Braam

Tarquin: Adarsh Gourav

Collatine: Abhinav Grover

MUMBAI CAST 2018:

Lucrece: Kalki Koechlin

Narrator: Suruchi Aulakh

Tarquin / Collatine: Deepal Doshi

EDINBURGH CAST 2019:

Lucrece: Whoopi van Raam

Narrator: Isabella Marshall

Tarquin / Collatine: Jacob Fortune-Lloyd

CREATIVE TEAM:

Adaptor & Director: Paul Goodwin

Composer: ALVIRA

Lighting Mumbai: Gurleen Judge

Sound Mumbai: Ishaan Krishnan

NCPA MUMBAI PRODUCTION TEAM:

Padraig Cusack – Creative Producer

Nandita Anjaria – Execive Producer

Reviews for Lucrece in India

"HOPE IN A POST-WEINSTEIN WORLD."

The Indian Times

"LUCRECE IS A HARD-HITTING TALE OF COURAGE WE ALL NEED TO SEE."

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"SHAKESPEARE FOR THE MODERN TIMES."

The Asian Age

"ONE HEARS THE ECHOES OF ONE BILLION RISING"

Mumbai Mirror

"EXTREMELY PRESCIENT."

The Hindu

“A COMPELLING THEATRE PRODUCTION”

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