Dramatic, disturbing and daunting with a teaspoon of sarcastic, snarky humor, Sean Brosnahan s recreation of "Misery" makes its way to Raleigh Little Theatre s stage.
This happens to be my first review for BroadwayWorld in over a year. The last one I did was for North Carolina Theatre s production of
Kinky Boots back in February of 2020, which took place one month before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Thanks to the streaming option from Raleigh Little Theatre, I am now back in business.
In this original stage play by Caryl Churchill,
A Number is set in the near future and is structured around the conflict between a father and his sons, although two of them are clones of the first one. This work was originally written back when there was a public debate over the ethics of cloning. At the time, the cloning of Dolly the sheep, the creation of human embryos at Advanced Cell Technology, and the cloning of a kitten gave rise to controversy concerning possible human cloning. The original production debuted at The Royal Court Theatre in London on September 23rd, 2002 with Michael Gambon and Daniel Craig in the starring roles.