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Dead Poets Live: Sylvia Plath

17–18 Nov

POETRY

Two-time Olivier Award winner Denise Gough returns to the Coronet with Dead Poets Live to explore the life of Sylvia Plath, where the production premiered in 2018.

Sylvia Plath was born in Boston in 1932 and died in London in 1963, aged 30. In her brief career she produced some of the greatest and most exhilarating poetry of the 20th century. The best-known of her poems – among them ‘Lady Lazarus’, ‘Daddy’, ‘The Applicant’, ‘Tulips’ – arrived in the extraordinary torrent of creativity unleashed in her final months, posthumously collected in Ariel.

Dead Poets Live retrace the exhilarating, breath-taking, nail-biting ascent Plath made, by various poetic turns, to the unique and definitive voice of those final poems.

‘A stellar performance’ – Times Literary Supplement

Dead Poets Live have established a cult following at The Coronet Theatre for their dramatised readings of classic poetry, attracting some of Britain’s finest actors including Charlotte Rampling, Miranda Richardson and Tom Hiddleston. All proceeds from their evenings go to the charity Safe Passage. Dead Poets Live is devised and supported by The TS Eliot Foundation.

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Performances:

Fri 17 & Sat 18 Nov, 7:30pm Auditorium

Tickets:

£25, £40 standard Concessions 20% off Available on selected days for those in Full-time education, Blue Light card holders and people in receipt of benefits

Running Time:

TBC

Performances:

Fri 17 & Sat 18 Nov, 7:30pm Auditorium

Tickets:

£25, £40 standard Concessions 20% off Available on selected days for those in Full-time education, Blue Light card holders and people in receipt of benefits

Running Time:

TBC

Additional Information

Denise Gough

Denise Gough astonished audiences and critics in London and New York with her performance in People, Places & Things, for which she was awarded the Olivier Award for Best Actress in 2016 and the Obie Award in 2018. She returned to the National Theatre in 2017, and won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in the revival of Angels in America. Recent TV work includes Under the Banner of Heaven, Too Close, opposite Emily Watson, the title role in Conor McPherson’s mini-series, Paula, and the role of Dedra Meero in the acclaimed Star Wars series Andor. Recent films include Colette, Monday and Steel Country.

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