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Michael Maybrick’s role in the proceedings is hard to fathom because it’s full of ambiguities.
Dear All,
It is been a while since I have viewed the messages on this site. I see the old arguments are still keeping some of you busy.
I attended a play this week put on by some students from Liverpool John Moores University. (It was in the Williamson Tunnels in Liverpool, the 'Mole of Edge Hill' - check them out if you have never heard of them, really interesting.)
The play was The Trial of Florence Maybrick and it was rather bizarrely done. Much of the actual script came directly from the Irving's book on the trial, but the characters were all wearing odd/very different/unexpected costumes. Some of it didn't quite work, but some of it was very clever.
The most inventive character was 'Nurse Yapp' (the nanny at Battlecrease). She was a ventriloquist's dummy. And, of course, the ventriloquist was none other than Michael Maybrick (looking a bit like Dracula, complete with a dodgy moustache). When faced with a difficult question, she looked at Michael who wispered in her ear and moved her arms in an appropriate manner. Michael came across rather like an old time musical hall villain. You half expected him to tie poor Florence to the railway track. Good fun and thought provoking.
My only complaint was the 'bar' at the tunnels only served tea and coffee!
Best wishes, Chris Jones
Michael Maybrick’s role in the proceedings is hard to fathom because it’s full of ambiguities.
Dear All,
It is been a while since I have viewed the messages on this site. I see the old arguments are still keeping some of you busy.
I attended a play this week put on by some students from Liverpool John Moores University. (It was in the Williamson Tunnels in Liverpool, the 'Mole of Edge Hill' - check them out if you have never heard of them, really interesting.)
The play was The Trial of Florence Maybrick and it was rather bizarrely done. Much of the actual script came directly from the Irving's book on the trial, but the characters were all wearing odd/very different/unexpected costumes. Some of it didn't quite work, but some of it was very clever.
The most inventive character was 'Nurse Yapp' (the nanny at Battlecrease). She was a ventriloquist's dummy. And, of course, the ventriloquist was none other than Michael Maybrick (looking a bit like Dracula, complete with a dodgy moustache). When faced with a difficult question, she looked at Michael who wispered in her ear and moved her arms in an appropriate manner. Michael came across rather like an old time musical hall villain. You half expected him to tie poor Florence to the railway track. Good fun and thought provoking.
My only complaint was the 'bar' at the tunnels only served tea and coffee!
Best wishes, Chris Jones
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