CAMILLE
Play Reading
The playwright Charles Ludlam wrote, directed and performed in 29 plays for the Ridiculous Theatre Company before his AIDS-related death in 1987. Camille, which premiered in New York in 1973, is regarded by many as his best.
After a period of ill-health, the legendary courtesan Marguerite Gautier has returned to nineteenth century Parisian society to take her pick of the city's eligible bachelors. But her appetite for luxury is soon tested by the arrival of a handsome, penniless young man named Armand Duval.
This melodrama draws on Hollywood films and classic French fiction to dramatise Marguerite’s tragi-comic downfall in the ridiculous style Ludlam was famous for.
This one-off, script-in-hand performance will be directed by Alastair Curtis, with music from Helen Noir and costumes by Max Allen and Elliott Adcock.
About
Alastair Curtis (he/him) is a writer, critic, director and founder of The AIDS Plays Project. His writing has been published in Frieze, AnOther, The Economist, Prospect and The Observer amongst others and his debut short film Sweetheart, starring Ian Gelder and Kadiff Kirwan, will be released in late 2024.
09/09
