A story of lust, madness and destruction, featuring a beautiful but doomed heroine, Thérèse Raquin was heavily censored when it was released in 1867. Trapped in a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin Camille, as arranged by her overbearing aunt, Thérèse enters into a passionate affair with a childhood friend and together they hatch a murderous plot…
In a preface to his second edition, Zola assigns the four humours to each of his four main characters: melancholic, sanguine, phlegmatic and choleric. For a more in-depth discussion about the play, head along to the pre-show talk at 6.30pm Monday or the post-show talk on Tuesday.
Runs 25-30 August, 7.45pm (2.30pm Thurs & Sat matinee); tickets from £15.