Vanity Fair
- By:
- William Makepeace Thackeray, adapted by Declan Donnellan
- Management:
- Royal Lyceum Edinburgh
- Cast:
- Sophia Linden, Kim Gerard, Amanda Beveridge, Steve McNicoll, Antony Eden, Simon Muller , Matthew Pidgeon
- Director:
- Tony Cownie
- Design:
- Neil Murray
- Lighting:
- Chris Davey
- Musical direction:
- Jon Beales
Production information can change over the run of the show.
Rising from the detritus of designer Neil Murray's lumber room-like set for the Royal Lyceum, the eight-strong cast conjure a twisting, shadow of Thackeray's sprawling novel. The contrasting fortunes of lowly but wily Becky Sharp (Sophia Linden) and highborn but reticent Amelia Sedley (Kim Gerard) loom, solidly entertaining, at its heart. Yet there is a reticence to take their characters to the extremes that might have brought more focus to Thackeray's amoral discussion of the nature of vanity...
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