The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary
Author(s):
John Nicholson, based on the novel by Gustave Flaubert
Company:
Ha Hum Ah Productions and The Minack
Running time:
2h approx
Age recommendation:
12+ years
The classic Flaubert novel about a woman struggling with the patriarchy receives a comic, fast-paced adaptation with a cast of four all playing multiple roles.
Emma Bovary is bored. She’s bored with her boring doctor husband, bored with her boring provincial village and bored with her role as a dutiful wife in (boring) nineteenth-century France. But Emma reads novels. Lots of novels. And in novels, life is much more fun…
Now, watch four actors battle mishaps and misbehaving props to tell the (massively) tragic story of Madame Bovary. There will be vermin, visual absurdity, wild animals and a nun.