Madame de Sade - pain and verbal punishment

From: "David" at u4ds.com
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:18:18 -0000

Hello,

As the Marquis de Sade is responsible for the "S" in BDSM, I'm
always interested when the mainstream media gives coverage to
things "de Sade". So I tuned in tonight to the BBC's Newsnight
Review to hear the critics discuss Madame de Sade, a 1965 play
written by Yukio Mishima and currently being staged at Wyndhams
Theatre, London.

Dame Judi in Madame de Sade - BBC Photo

Named as one of the 'powerful women in theatre', Dame Judi Dench
plays the outraged mother-in-law of the Marquis. Rosamund Pike
plays his wife Renee. The two women previously appeared together
in the 2002 James Bond film Die Another Day. The stage play of
Madame de Sade also features Frances Barber as a countess
fascinated by de Sade.

Rosamund Pike in Madame de Sade - BBC Photo

BBC news reports that Madame de Sade received mixed reviews, but
the three critics I just listened to quite literally "rubbished"
it. Tony Parsons opined that the playwright would be ignored
were it not for the fact that "he topped himself". Miranda
Sawyer who thought the play "rubbish" agreed with Jonathan
Freedland that the play missed the opportunity to explore so
much.

The play ostensibly considers how the debauchery of the
notorious Marquis de Sade affected his wife Renee. A subject
that could be very interesting territory. Perhaps the
opportunity was missed in favour of reflecting the author's own
fascination with "the beauty of pain, sex and death" as
suggested by Daily Express reviewer Paul Callan.

Even with such a potentially interesting subject of Madame de
Sade, the play is reportedly tedious, heavy going, wooden and
weary. Michael Billington of The Guardian thought the acting
breathtaking and the production visually stunning but the play
itself "Higher Tosh". Quentin Letts described it as "115 minutes
of verbal and visual punishment".

sincerely,
David at Ms-Christine.com

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