The Lover
By: Marguerite Duras
Adapted for the stage and directed by: Fleur Darkin and Jemima Levick
Original translations: 'The Lover' translated by Barbara Bray and 'The North China Lover' translated by Leigh Hafrey
Co-produced by: Stellar Quines, The Royal Lyceum Theatre and Scottish Dance Theatre
An exotic tale of remembered passion
In 1984 the great French novelist Marguerite Duras wrote the story of her own youth in Vietnam, a personal truth told in passionate, vivid fragments. These incandescent glimpses of remembrance became one of the most acclaimed and widely read books of modern French literature.
Now three of Scotland’s major performing arts companies are collaborating in theatre and dance to bring her story to the stage.