Theater

 A peek of British Theatre

 

Whenever you hear the word Theatre, your mind might take you to the USA, Broadway, music, fame and glamour. However, just 3453 mi away, is London, UK; a city that in the last years has gained importance in the theatre environment. 

One of the most recent British actors that has gone back to his roots and his city is Tom Hiddleston, he has portrayed different roles in Hollywood, but  in the last years he has returned to his first love, the theatre. His last play was last year, Betrayal, written by Harold Pinter. This play was first presented in 1978, and has had many presentations since then. 

Betrayal portrays a typical British character or stereotype, it shows that British or more specific Londoners can be still polite and well mannered as they expect them to be, even if one for them discovers that his wife has an affair with his best friend. Tom portrays Robert, the husband that was cheated on his wife. Tom, discovered the affair, howver, he doesn't make a scandal or recriminites his wife or best friend, he keeps being polite and acting the way a Londoner would act, he kept being nice to them despite the fact that he was hurt. His body language reflected this, his gestures and voice were normal, he was like too calm and in this way he didn't show them that their little secret was discovered.

  To see a bit of this play click  here


Andrea B




Source: https://stageagent.com/shows/play/1283/betrayal , https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1089991/, https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/betrayal