Wolf Lullaby (Vlčí ukolébavka, 2002?)

Přidal: Přemek |

Říjen 13, 2011

Hilary Bellová. Zvukový mistr Steven Tilley. Produkce Christopher Williams.

Účinkují Kim Lewis, John Polson, Marshall Napier, Leah Tonsey.

Nastudoval ABC Radio National v roce 2002 (?). Premiéra (?) 27. 4. 2002 (ABC, 8:30 h.).

Pozn.: Inspired by the murder of toddler James Bolger by two older children, Wolf Lullaby turns on the themes of parental guilt and responsibility and the nature of evil in children. – Wolf Lullaby turns on the themes of parental guilt and responsibility, and the nature of evil in children. Lizzie’s parents Warren and Angela are preparing Christmas celebrations when Lizzie is arrested for shoplifting. The local police officer takes matters into his own hands, terrifying the young girl. But what drives her to commit murder? Is it the way her parents brought her up, something in the combination of their genes? Or is it the wolf that springs from Lizzie’s nightmares?

Pozn. 2: A baby is murdered in a remote town. Evidence points to Lizzie, a bright seven-year-old. Her young parents are faced with a terrible dilemma: to imagine nothing happened, and live with the suspicion and guilt all their lives, or to take her to the police and force a confession of what happened on Christmas Eve.

Pozn. 3: In a bleak, remote town, a small child is murdered. Suspicion falls on nine-year-old Lizzie. Angela, Lizzie’s young mother, is convinced her daughter is guilty. She must make the torturous choice between ignoring what her intuition tells her, and presenting Lizzie to the police with painfully extracted information. Lizzie is constantly haunted by a ‚Wolf’, which seems to overwhelm her and, in her own words, ‚swallow‘ her. It is not only Lizzie who is changed forever by the act. Her father Warren, bewildered and full of denial, and the local policeman, Ray, find their accepted beliefs crumbling around them. And Angela, at the end of the play, does not know how she will go on..