The Turn of the Screw review – OperaGlass Works make a brilliantly creepy virtue out of necessity
Last modified on Sat 30 Jan 2021 14.02 EST One of the many casualties of last yearâs lockdown was OperaGlass Worksâ new staging of Brittenâs The Turn of the Screw, co-produced by Selina Cadell and Eliza Thompson, conducted by John Wilson, that had been scheduled for a run in late March 2020 at Wiltonâs Music Hall in east London. Determined not to let six weeks of rehearsal go to waste, Cadell and Thompson decided to rework the production as a film in collaboration with Marquee TV, sharing the directing honours with Dominic Best. Itâs by no means a simple visual record...
Source: theguardian.com