Rare Revival Of Mother Adam Comes To Baron’s Court
Charles Dyer’s play Mother Adam will have a rare revival at the Baron’s Courth Theatre in June. Considered a witty and strange insight into loneliness and co-dependency, Mother Adam will star Legend of stage and screen Anna Carteret (Juliet Bravo) stars as Mammles. Celebrated for his Rattle of a Simple Man, Charles Dyer is considered one of the greatest British playwrights of the 20th Century. The whimsical world of a bed-ridden, arthritic mother and her sprightly son combines deft verbal comedy with buried emotions. Alongside Anna Carteret as the caustic Mammles, John Craggs plays her tragicomic son Adam. This under-performed gem of a play welcomes you to the strange, eccentric, funny and often very moving world of these two oddballs, which sees them playing out their Sunday routine through conversation that gives you an insight into their unusual existence. Anna Carteret was part of Laurence Olivier’s company at the Old … Read more
