Duet at Theatre at The Tabard

The UK premiere of ‘Duet’ by Otho Eskin comes to the Tabard Theatre, Chiswick on from 18th April - 11th May.

‘Duet’ is a riveting, provocative play about a battle of wits and cunning, fear and loss between two of the most brilliant theatre artists who ever lived – the legendary French actress Sarah Bernhardt and Italian diva, Eleonora Duse.

When Sarah Bernhardt arrives unexpectedly at Eleonora Duse’s dressing room one rainy night in 1924, the lines are quickly drawn for a pitched battle between these two divas of the modern stage. What ensues is the culmination of forty years of rage, jealousy, betrayal and the contempt each bares for the other’s art. Finally, when it appears nothing’s been left unsaid, Bernhardt has one more thing to tell Duse - the last thing Duse wants to hear. 

Directed by Ludovica Villar-Hauser and produced by Parity Productions, in association with Authentic Voices, Sarah Berger, and Cahoots Theatre Company.  This cast of three includes Wendy Morgan (Sarah Bernhardt), Cynthia Straus (Eleonora Duse), and Nick Waring (The Man). 

Authors

• Otho Eskin