DUMAS' CAMILLE
A play with music, “Dumas’ Camille” is both a deeply romantic love story and an intellectual mystery exploring the relationship between truth, memory and art. In 1895 Paris, the aging Alexandre Dumas observes a rehearsal of Verdi’s “La Traviata”, the opera adapted from his novel and play “The Lady of the Camelias” which in turn were inspired by his youthful real-life love affair with the most beautiful courtesan in Paris, Marie du Plessis. Prompted by selections from the opera that weave through the text Dumas is forced to confront his guilt, regrets and memory of lost love as he tries to reconcile the conflict between the reality of actual events and the varying levels of fiction and artifice he and Verdi created. The play asks the questions: what is the the artist's responsibility to fact and the real individuals from whom he creates art? And ultimately, what is truth? "But, what ultimately is most real?" Dumas demands. "Your facts or the string of words we create to carve tactile reality into something we can comprehend. Until we shape it with words, give it narrative form, does it even exist?" Critics have called “Dumas’ Camille” Thrilling… Superb… a thought- provoking meditation on how deeply art can move us. (Salt Lake City Weekly) Beautifully structured… Masterfully told… (Deseret News) Blends music and drama in an unusual way … intriguing…remarkable… (Salt Lake Tribune)
Cast of 8 (5 men, 3 women), including two singer/actors capable of singing Violetta and Alfredo in "La Traviata."
Cast of 8 (5 men, 3 women), including two singer/actors capable of singing Violetta and Alfredo in "La Traviata."
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Pioneer Theatre Company - 2004 Peterborough Players - 2019 Connecticut Repertory Theatre (Developmental Workshop) 2003 AMATEUR |
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