Jekyll and Hyde

A Noah Smith adaptation of the 1886 classic

About Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Henry Jekyll is a brilliant scientist frustrated by dull “respectable” life in 1888 Victorian London. He creates a formula to unleash his inner bestial nature, transforming him into the brutish but oddly compassionate Edward Hyde. Hyde lives the high life while Jekyll’s middle-aged normalcy continues — until Hyde’s passions begin to turn up a body count. This intimate version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s science fiction classic is all about opening doors: to thirst for knowledge and adventure as well as to triumph and tragedy.

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The duality of human nature

Jekyll’s discovery of Mr. Hyde is not a unique occurrence or a distortion of his existence. Just the opposite, the other characters in the story do experience the drive to find ‘an adventurous self’ or an inner struggle between good and evil too, just perhaps in more manageable doses. This is why the original story is frequently interpreted as an examination of the duality of human nature. The inner struggle is essential, as without it, there is nothing but a violent end.

Cows are either white cows with some black, or black cows with some white. With a zebra, you can’t tell if it’s a white horse with black stripes, or a black horse with white stripes. It’s all… blended up, you know? So what are you? A black horse or a white horse?

The Crew

Producers Tulya Kavaklioglu, Céline Thomas
Director Floris Boone
Décor and props Céline Thomas, Stefan Riegl, Coco Clements
Costumes Carmen Vazquez, Puk Speckens
Hair and makeup Puk Speckens
Sound Anssi Kemppainen, Tulya Kavaklioglu
Marketing Tulya Kavaklioglu, Alexandra Granberg, Piyush Sharma, Stefan Riegl, Jasmijn Wellner
Accent coach Puk Speckens
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We’ve been told that if a mum is involved in it, a production will rock. Our eternal gratitude goes to Mama Puk, for working her magic with costumes. Many thanks to Eleanor King for training us on stage combat. Special thanks to Jurjen Bersee for being our photographer. Also many thanks to Sofie Vriends for taking our profile pictures for the website. Finally, thanks to Daniel Buijze for his help with the recording of our play.

Sounds used:

Dry thunder1.wav by juskiddink, and Ambience, London Street, A.wav by InspectorJ

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The Cast

Alexandra Granberg
Alexandra Granberg
Dr. Henry Jekyll /
Edward Hyde
Melissa Craggs
Melissa Craggs
Maid 1
Puk Speckens
Puk Speckens
Maid 2
Piyush Sharma
Piyush Sharma
Dr. Hastie Lanyon
Stefan Riegl
Stefan Riegl
Gabriel John Utterson
Jasmijn Wellner
Jasmijn Wellner
Richard Enfield
Sarah Fünke
Sarah Fünke
Helen O’Neill
Carmen Vazquez
Carmen Vazquez
Cybel
Tjitse Wolf
Tjitse Wolf
Policeman 1,
Poole,
Passing gentleman
Anssi Kemppainen
Anssi Kemppainen
Flower girl’s father,
Utterson’s butler
Céline Thomas
Céline Thomas
Detective,
Policeman 2,
Ivy,
Flower girl,
Utterson’s maid
Tulya Kavaklıoğlu
Tulya Kavaklıoğlu
Pimp,
Police sergeant

Performances

15 & 16 June 2019

tickets available at De Lindenberg website

Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc.
(www.playscripts.com)

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