Drama, desperation and duality with University Theatre's Jekyll & Hyde | Culture
Staff Writer Campbell Denken reviews University Theatre’s “Jekyll & Hyde,” a powerful musical adaptation of the classic novella.
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Staff Writer Campbell Denken reviews University Theatre’s “Jekyll & Hyde,” a powerful musical adaptation of the classic novella.
Forbes Masson is a real treat in the lead, blending a thoughtful Victorian eloquence with a real tension and occasional smog-dark humour.
The Tory model to avoid a low-wage economy that prevailed during the Regency years reflected a uniquely British school of conservative pragmatism, one that greatly facilitated innovations in science and their industrial application. Railways, gas lighting, the ambitions and achievements of Brunel, McAdam and the others who harnessed science to commerce, they were the first kicks of embryonic modernity
London, meet London.
Annika’s monologue references Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde throughout the episode. It’s very convenient that the name of the deceased billionaire is Fabian Hyde. The plot doesn’t appear to be specifically about Halloween, so let’s unpack why the classic gothic horror story is crucial to the episode.