Nicole plays 5 characters, including a sophisticated married woman, a coke sniffing model, a grandly self-dramatising actress in her mid 40's, a 17 year old tart, and an au pair.
The play is a re-writing of Arthur Schnitzler’s La Ronde and follows a string of couples in a daisy
chain of sexual encounters, set in the early 1900's in Vienna.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Released: Previewed 10th September. Showed at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre, London. Opened on 23rd September 1998,
closed on Saturday 31 October 1998.
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Written by: David Hare
Co-stars: Iain Glen
Genre: Drama
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Runtime: 2hr 28mins
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NICOLE SAYS...
"I had absolute terror during the lead up to rehearsals. I was there
the week before, starting to grapple with the accents and thinking, 'What am I doing? This
is crazy.' Sam manages to keep you feeling very safe, and yet there I was feeling, 'This
is madness,' and I got really frightened."
"I was shy and kept going, 'Oh, I don't have the right underwear' - I always came up
with some sort of excuse. Finally Sam just said, 'Nicole, here we go. I think it's
very important; I don't think it's exploitative. It's totally character-driven.'"
REVIEWS
[1] David Benedict for The Independent - "By contrast Kidman's superbly differentiated gallery of women -
from skittish, deerlike prostitute to an hilariously grand, throaty actress - all turn out to be victims..."
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[2] Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph - "Best of all, there are Nicole Kidman and Iain Glen, each of them
playing five characters apiece with bravura, skill, real feeling and a sexual charge that at times
threatens to blow the roof off the theatre..."
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[3] Nicholas de Jongh for The London Evening Standard - "Miss Kidman lacks much theatrical experience. But all
five roles are in her elegant, confident grasp. She's firmly set in the glow of her sex appeal..."
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[4] Michael Billington for The Guardian - "It is, in fact, Hare's comic scenes that come off best and that show
Kidman to be a superb character-actress... She is not just a star: she genuinely delivers the goods..."
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
Won - Evening Standard Theatre Award Special Award (1998)
Nominated - The Laurence Olivier Awards Best Actress in a play (1999)
TRIVIA
[1] Nicole played 5 different characters in this play
[2] Nicole appeared in the nude during this production
[3] She received "about £250 a week - fuelled by artistic commitment."
[4] After the London run, the play transferred to Broadway and debuted on the 13th December 1998 - Nicole
was only in the London performances.
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