Melissa Clarke

Articles by Melissa Clarke:

Marilyn

“Nobody ever said Lady Macbeth was a brunette.”

Holding up a mirror to the notion of stardom and the pressure of fame, Marilyn offers a glimpse into the private lives of two extraordinary women.

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Age of Arousal – preview

 “Type damn you. Type! It’s the only way to liberty.”

 1885 – a time of great passion, great confusion. Virtue is barely holding down its petticoats. Women are bursting their corsets with unbridled desire.

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A View from the Bridge

 “Once I am a citizen…I would start to be something wonderful here.”

Arthur Miller’s modern social tragedy explores the life and loves of the family of a dock worker in post-war New York.

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The Snow Queen Cometh

Whatever the weather outside, we guarantee a white Christmas inside the Lyceum this winter!

From her ice palace at the very top of the world, the wicked Snow Queen plans to turn everything to winter – no more summer, no more sunshine, no more warmth, no more holidays making sandcastles on the beach…

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