Mrs Dalloway – Wilton’s Music Hall, London

Mrs Dalloway – Wilton’s Music Hall

Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway is a book with a formidable reputation. Its seismic cultural impact is still fascinating to ponder a century later. Occasionally, a work of art will emerge in society that causes a ripple on the lake of consciousness, creating waves for years to come. This novel falls into that rare category. Woolf isn’t the only one credited with heralding modernism, but she wears some very big boots in that department. Adding to W…

Mrs Dalloway – Wilton’s Music Hall, London

Writer: Virginia Woolf Adaptors: Kit Green and Jen Heyes Director: Jen Heyes As novels go, Mrs Dalloway is not exactly a laugh riot. Virginia Woolf’s 1925 stream-of-consciousness novel focuses on Clarissa Dalloway, an upper-class woman in post-World War I London preparing to host a party. In a parallel story, former soldier Septimus Warren Smith struggles [...] The post Mrs Dalloway – Wilton’s Music Hall, London appeared first on The Reviews Hub.

MRS DALLOWAY review by thespyinthestalls at Wilton's Music Hall

MRS DALLOWAY Wilton’s Music Hall ★★★★ “Cleverly constructed, this show certainly makes us think” Virginia Woolf’s “Mrs Dalloway” is best known for its ‘stream-of-consciousness’ narrative, breaking away from the conventional style of popular literature at the time it was published in 1925. A risk perhaps, but one that Woolf pulled off successfully. A century later, it could be conceived as a bit of a risk to adapt it for the stage, but Kit Green…