The Highwayman
The Curious Room
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As the audience enters Bess the landlord’s black-eyed daughter is plaiting a love-knot into her long black hair. She waits for her love, the Highwayman, to come to her secretly in the night. Writer Bahar Brunton adapts Alfred Noyes famous poem of Bess and the Highwayman. Brunton makes Tim, the jealous ostler, central to her story – in this production it is Tim who tells the King’s Men of the Highwayman’s love and so begins the tragic ending of their clandestine affair. Using a ladder for Bess’ window and minimal props, this budget production has few frills. Spoken essentially in verse, Noyes lovers will enjoy this romantic adaptation, despite a slightly petulant Bess.
Cecily Boys
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