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Taking inspiration from Mozart's opera, 'Don Giovanni', Clarke recounts in his play, 'The Rake', the final day of Lord Grayson's hedonistic life-another day of seducing women and general debauchery: breaking into a lady's bedroom, murder, and enticing a bride on her wedding day. But despite his impressive reputation, Lord Grayson's fortuity is petering out. Miss Anna has pledged retribution while the spurned Mrs Evelyn is in pursuit. Mason wants his bride back. And Lord Grayson hears a phantom voice, warning of his impending punishment. Flaunting his bravado, Lord Grayson ostentatiously…mehr

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Taking inspiration from Mozart's opera, 'Don Giovanni', Clarke recounts in his play, 'The Rake', the final day of Lord Grayson's hedonistic life-another day of seducing women and general debauchery: breaking into a lady's bedroom, murder, and enticing a bride on her wedding day. But despite his impressive reputation, Lord Grayson's fortuity is petering out. Miss Anna has pledged retribution while the spurned Mrs Evelyn is in pursuit. Mason wants his bride back. And Lord Grayson hears a phantom voice, warning of his impending punishment. Flaunting his bravado, Lord Grayson ostentatiously invites the statue of the man whom he has murdered to dinner. Will he attend?
Autorenporträt
Meredith è una rivisitazione della Medea di Euripide, ma con un adattamento, poiché il dramma si svolge nell'Inghilterra del XIX secolo. Il Signor Jason, aristocratico impoverito, rifiuta Meredith in favore di Gloria, figlia del ricco uomo d'affari Crane. All'inizio Meredith acconsente al piano di Jason, perché disposta a sacrificare tutto affinché i suoi figli non debbano affrontare la povertà. In seguito, Meredith non accetta più passivamente tale ipertinenza. Risoluta e scaltra, concentra le sue formidabili energie per realizzare la più grande e sconvolgente punizione possibile su coloro che le hanno fatto un torto.