A young playwright rents an attic flat in Brighton, hoping it will break the writer’s block that’s preventing her from following up on her wildly successful debut. Whilst there, she forms a relationship with her landlady, a lonely young woman with a life-altering condition.
But pressure mounts on the writer, and her relationship with the landlady becomes ever-more suffocating. The Tell-Tale Heart is a twisted, graphic and darkly-comic treat.
Renowned for his ground-breaking work, Anthony Neilson (The Prudes, Unreachable, The Wonderful World of Dissocia) makes his NT debut with this contemporary reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tale of a haunted conscience. Cast includes David Carlyle, Imogen Doel and Tamara Lawrance.
The Tell-Tale Heart is at The National Theatre 5th December 2018 to 9th January 2019.
1. Tamara Lawrance Imogen Doel Image Manuel Harlan
Tamara Lawrance Imogen Doel in rehearsals for The Tell Tale Heart. Image Manuel Harlan
2. Tamara Lawrance photo by Manuel Harlan
Tamara Lawrance in rehearsals for The Tell Tale Heart photo by Manuel Harlan
3. Tamara Lawrance. Image Manuel Harlan
Tamara Lawrance in rehearsals for The Tell Tale Heart. Image Manuel Harlan
4. Imogen Doel Tamara Lawrance Image Manuel Harlan
Imogen Doel Tamara Lawrance in rehearsals for The Tell Tale Heart. Image Manuel Harlan
5. Imogen Doel Anthony Nelson Tamara Lawrance. Image Manuel Harlan
Imogen Doel Anthony Nelson Tamara Lawrance in rehearsals for The Tell Tale Heart. Image Manuel Harlan
6. Imogen Doel in rehearsals for The Tell Tale Heart. Image Manuel Harlan
Imogen Doel in rehearsals for The Tell Tale Heart. Image Manuel Harlan
