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Reviews for Fool For Love

By Amy Somensky Jun 16, 2006, 18:30 GMT

In a seedy motel room in southern California, May and Eddie go back beyond their adult lives, back to the legacy of their parents and their parents before. As they challenge each other\'s versions of events, what emerges through broken images and scraps of remembered colours is a childhood which defines the rest of their lives.  ...more

London: Here is a selection of reviews for The West End revival production of Sam Shepard's Fool For Love which is now playing at the Apollo Theatre:

Theatre.com
Guardian
Independent
Telegraph
Times Online
This is London
Whats on Stage

Lindsay Posner directs a cast that includes Juliette Lewis, Martin Henderson, Larry Lamb, and Joe Duttine.

The creative team features set design by Bunny Christie, lighting design by Mark Henderson, costume design by Bunny Christie, and sound design by Fergus O'Hare.

The production is set to run through September 9th.

Fool For Love premiered Off-Broadway in 1983 and then in London in 1984. It was most recently revived in 1996 at the Donmar Warehouse.

The play is set in a seedy motel room in southern California, where May and Eddie go back beyond their adult lives, back to the legacy of their parents and their parents before. As they challenge each other's versions of events, what emerges through broken images and scraps of remembered colours is a childhood which defines the rest of their lives.

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