Post by Elizabeth on Mar 21, 2009 17:45:51 GMT
Gone to Earth
Role: Hazel Woodus
Toured: 2004
Director: Nancy Meckler
Company: Shared Experience
Synopsis: An adaptation of Mary Webb's 1917 novel, Gone to Earth tells the story of Hazel Woodus (Natalia Tena), a seventeen year old girl who has been brought up by her father in rural farmland, free from all constraints. Hazel has an affinity with nature, she cannot tolerate cruelty to animals and cries at the mere suggestion that in stepping on a ladybird, she may have bereft a ladybird family of its mother. Into her simple world come two men. The new parson, Edward Marston (Simon Wilson) and the squire, Jack Reddin (Jay Villiers). Hazel finds, to her astonishment, that she is the object of their desire and she gradually finds herself torn between the caring and stable relationship she has for Edward and the lust and inexplicable draw she has towards Jack.
Reviews:
'The cast are fantastic and it really does feel like a piece of teamwork. But the star of the night has to be Natalia Tena playing Hazel. She was only 17 and fresh out of school when she took the part but she shows an astonishing maturity. She is completely physically uninhibited and throws herself with abandon into the part. Her body movements are wild and unrestrained but never feel uncontrolled and she brings a comic naivety to Hazel where she could have been merely irritating.' -Curtain Up
'The most important role, of Hazel, the dangerously innocent teenager, is superbly filled by Natalia Tena, who never betrays the character with any display of femininity or even womanliness, dancing with the gusto and clumsiness of a child.' -The Independant
Role: Hazel Woodus
Toured: 2004
Director: Nancy Meckler
Company: Shared Experience
Synopsis: An adaptation of Mary Webb's 1917 novel, Gone to Earth tells the story of Hazel Woodus (Natalia Tena), a seventeen year old girl who has been brought up by her father in rural farmland, free from all constraints. Hazel has an affinity with nature, she cannot tolerate cruelty to animals and cries at the mere suggestion that in stepping on a ladybird, she may have bereft a ladybird family of its mother. Into her simple world come two men. The new parson, Edward Marston (Simon Wilson) and the squire, Jack Reddin (Jay Villiers). Hazel finds, to her astonishment, that she is the object of their desire and she gradually finds herself torn between the caring and stable relationship she has for Edward and the lust and inexplicable draw she has towards Jack.
Reviews:
'The cast are fantastic and it really does feel like a piece of teamwork. But the star of the night has to be Natalia Tena playing Hazel. She was only 17 and fresh out of school when she took the part but she shows an astonishing maturity. She is completely physically uninhibited and throws herself with abandon into the part. Her body movements are wild and unrestrained but never feel uncontrolled and she brings a comic naivety to Hazel where she could have been merely irritating.' -Curtain Up
'The most important role, of Hazel, the dangerously innocent teenager, is superbly filled by Natalia Tena, who never betrays the character with any display of femininity or even womanliness, dancing with the gusto and clumsiness of a child.' -The Independant
