The Turn of the Screw
Victorian Opera
An opera by Benjamin Britten
—Based on the book by Henry James
Atheneum Theatre
17 Sep 2025
preliminary notes
- Production: Stuart Maunder
- Design: Roger Kirk
- Wonderful orchestra
- The TV
- The governess enters with a defiant attitude
- Sitting between two men
- Was difficult to identify scene changes (did not read up before)
- Hard to understand the words
- The beard on the guy playing Quint (?)
- Did not understand the ‘outdoor’ message (symbolism)
- In summary I needed the research the work before beginning to understand to plot
- Costume – pyjamas
Photo by Victorian Opera