Freshwater (play)
| Freshwater: A comedy | |
|---|---|
Fitzroy Street , London | |
| Genre | Comedy |
Freshwater: A comedy is a play written and produced by
History
Virginia Woolf researched the life of her great-aunt, the photographer
Dramatis personae
- Julia Margaret Cameron
- Charles Henry Hay Cameron, her husband
- G. F. Watts, painter
- Ellen Terry, actress, his wife
- Lord Tennyson, poet, a neighbour
- Mr Craig
- Mary Magdalene, housemaid
Plot
The play is named after
Performance
In New York in 2009, both the 1923 and 1935 versions were combined for the first time in an
The play has been translated into French (1982),[16] Spanish (1980) and German (2017).[17] It was performed in Paris at the Centre Pompidou in 1982, and in Mainz, Germany in 1994. The French production was revived in New York in 1983, starring Eugène Ionesco, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Nathalie Sarraute, Joyce Mansour, Guy Dumur and Florence Delay.[18][19]
Reception
Although a slight work not intended for publication, and easily dismissed as frivolous,[20] it has been given a larger meaning when placed in the broader context of Woolf's work and views. For beneath the comedic elements, there is an exploration of both generational change and artistic freedom. Both Cameron and Woolf fought against the class and gender dynamics of Victorianism[10] and the play shows links to both To the Lighthouse and A Room of One's Own that would follow. Ellen's flight to Bloomsbury symbolising freedom from patriarchy.[3]
References
- ^ Woolf 1925–1928, p; 280
- ^ Cameron 1926.
- ^ a b c Swenson 2017.
- ^ a b Wilson & Barrett 2003.
- ^ Woolf 1935.
- ^ a b Kirkus 1976.
- ^ a b Woolf 1976.
- ^ Woolf 2017a, p. 9
- ^ Maggio 2010.
- ^ a b Usui 2007.
- ^ Hetrick 2009.
- ^ Lunden 2009.
- ^ Isherwood 2009.
- ^ Monks 2012.
- ^ Lewes 2017.
- ^ Brackenbury 2018, p. ix
- ^ Woolf 2017.
- ^ Helmore & Polk 1983.
- ^ Hoffman 1983.
- ^ Wixson 2013.
Bibliography
- Brackenbury, Rosalind (2018). Miss Stephen's Apprenticeship: How Virginia Stephen Became Virginia Woolf. ISBN 978-1-60938-551-4.
- ISBN 978-0-87923-076-0. (Digital edition)
- Helmore, Kristin; Polk, Grace D. (1 November 1983). "Virginia Woolf would've loved NYU's 'Freshwater'". The Christian Science Monitor.
- Hetrick, Adam (5 January 2009). "Two Versions of Virginia Woolf's Freshwater Are Combined for World Premiere in NYC; Cast Announced". Playbill.
- Hoffman, Eva (22 October 1983). "Rare cast from France in a rare Woolf play". The New York Times.
- Isherwood, Charles (25 January 2009). "Proof That Virginia Woolf Did Have a Light Side". The New York Times.
- Monks, Aoife Monks (23 May 2012). "Virginia Woolf's play exposes the silly side of the Bloomsbury group". The Guardian.
- Swenson, Kristine (26 October 2017). "Hothouse Victorians: Art and Agency in Freshwater". Open Cultural Studies. 1 (1). .
- Usui, Masami (2007). "Julia Margaret Cameron as a Feminist Precursor of Virginia Woolf" (PDF). Doshisha Studies in English. 80 (3): 59–83.
- Wixson, Christopher (27 November 2013). "The Theatrical Woolf". English Literature in Transition, 1880–1920. 57 (2): 292–295. ISSN 1559-2715.
- Woolf, Virginia (1986–2011). McNeillie, Andrew; Clarke, Stuart N. (eds.). The Essays of Virginia Woolf 6 vols. Random House.
- — (1994). The Essays of Virginia Woolf Volume Four 1925–1928. ISBN 978-0-7012-0666-6.
- — (1994). The Essays of Virginia Woolf Volume Four 1925–1928.
- Websites
- Lunden, Jeff (25 January 2009). "In 'Freshwater,' A Lighter Side Of Virginia Woolf". NPR.
- Maggio, Paula (13 August 2010). "Gorey illustrations of Woolf in Freshwater". Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- Wilson, J.J.; Barrett, Eileen, eds. (Summer 2003). "Lucio Ruotolo 1927–2003" (PDF). Virginia Woolf Miscellany. Southern Connecticut State University. Retrieved 24 March 2018. (includes invitation to first performance in 1935 and Lucio Ruotolo's introduction to the 1976 Hogarth Press edition[Bibliography 1])
- "'Freshwater' play by Virginia Woolf". StayLewes. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- Editions
- ISBN 978-3-932338-92-2.
- — (2017a). Freshwater by Virginia Woolf - Delphi Classics (Illustrated). Delphi Classics (Parts Edition). ISBN 978-1-78877-058-3.
- — (2017) [1935]. Freshwater: A Comedy by Virginia Woolf (The 1923 & 1935 Editions). Musaicum Books. ISBN 978-80-272-3556-8.
- — (1976). Ruotolo, Lucio (ed.). Freshwater: a comedy. Illustrations: Edward Gorey. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
- Anonymous (28 June 1976). "Freshwater: A Comedy". Kirkus Reviews (Review). Retrieved 24 March 2018.