#rebecca musical

[aliesafenlock]

A Chicago-inspired "Rebecca Alternate Ending" video by Kara Lane and Lauren Jones!

"We've been sent so much fanfic from all over the world, and we've loved every single alternate ending! We thought we'd create our own. Chicago the play was first performed on Broadway in 1926, the same year Rebecca is set... Maybe that's where the similarities end... or maybe not!"

#this is INSANE #kara lane #lauren jones #mrs. danvers #ich #danvich #rebecca das musical #rebecca musical #rebecca london #lonbecca #rebecca daphne du maurier #daphne du maurier #chicago musical #bob fosse

[merinathropp]

"She's not a monster. She's a heartbroken woman living in a time that doesn't suit her."

- Kara Lane on Mrs. Danvers, Rebecca the musical, London 2023 (x)

#rebecca das musical #rebecca london #rebecca musical #mrs danvers #rebecca the musical #HER TAKES ARE SO CORRECT #she never misses I swear #I can't link to an Instagram story #so here's a link to her profile instead #merina rambles

[lesmiserabelles]

kara lane as mrs danvers

#rebecca #rebecca musical #rebecca the musical #rebecca das musical #kara lane #mrs danvers #musicals #musicaledit #musicalgifs #theateredit #theatreedit #musicaltheateredit #musicaltheatreedit #european musicals #carmella's edits #descriptions in alt text #my toxic trait is that i think mrs danvers is so so hot

[armandjolras]

From the first preview of the London production, sung by Kara Lane and Lauren Jones. Thanks to @i-am-aci01 for cleaning up the audio to make the vocals clearer!

please don’t share outside tumblr!

#Rebecca musical

[basilhallwardrealasfuck]

Life is great because you can listen to European musicals. But watch out!

#rebecca musical #romeo und julia #german musicals #musicals #elisabeth das musical #rudolf affaire mayerling

[europeanmusicals]

Based on Daphne Du Maurier’s 1938 novel, by Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay, two of the most successful German-language musical theatre creators, ‘Rebecca’ has already captivated more than two million people worldwide in hugely successful productions in 12 countries and 10 languages. ‘Rebecca’ had its world premiere at VBW’s Raimund Theater in Vienna, Austria, in September 2006, where it went on to play to sold-out houses in three seasons, and where it is currently enjoying a hugely successful revival. Richard Carson (Maxim de Winter) has appeared in several major West End musicals including‘Les Miserable’s, ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’, ‘Mamma Mia!’ and ‘Miss Saigon’. Lauren Jones (Second Mrs de Winter) recently appeared in the West End production of ‘Bonnie & Clyde’ as Trish and alternate Bonnie. Kara Lane (Mrs Danvers) was Alice in ‘The Addams Family - the Musical Comedy’, Winifred Banks in ‘Mary Poppins’, Reno Sweeney in ’Anything Goes’ at Kilworth House, ‘Mary Magdalene’ in Jesus Christ Superstar’ and Magenta in ‘The Rocky Horror Show’. The rest of the cast are: Alex James-Ward, Piers Bate, Sarah Harlington, David Breeds, Amanda Minihan, Neil Moors, Nicholas Lumley, Nigel-Joseph Francis, Elliot Swann, Scott McClure, Emily Apps, Melanie Bright, Gail MacKinnon, Tarisha Rommick, James Mateo-Salt, Rosie Glossop. Rebecca will play a strictly limited engagement from 4 September – 18 November 2023. 

[Source: Charring Cross Theatre Newsletter]

#rebecca the musical #rebecca das musical #rebecca musical #west end #musicals #musical theatre

[saltavenegar]

Had Rebecca on the mind since hearing about it opening in London. I need plane tickets IMMEDIATELY

#I’ve redrawn this picture for literally 8 years now #old asf #art #my art #musical theatre #procreate #artist #rebecca musical #german musicals #purple #aesthetic #mrs danvers

[pipandco]

#mrs danvers #kara lane #rebecca das musical #rebecca musical #rebecca london #lonbecca #my art #I miss this cast #she just needs a hug #this is me coping with the show closing

[giuliettacapuleti]

Szabó P. Szilveszter is the only person allowed to play Maxim De Winter, everyone else go home.

Quotes from various interviews:

"Maxim is a very interesting character because on the one hand he is oppressed by his past and his memories, and on the other hand, when he travels to Monte-Carlo, he meets happiness again after a long time: he meets a girl whom we call "I". When it turns out that he can lose her, he is overcome with a convulsive attachment that he has not discovered in himself for a long time…he is emotionally unstable and vulnerable. But he still chains "I" to himself, and actually falls into his own trap from here: he takes the girl and takes her back to his roots, to Manderley. He trusts that her purity and cheerfulness will cleanse his house of the sins, sufferings and secrets of the past."

"This role is the focus of everything I've ever played. Max is very much like me, he follows old principles and demands. It's up to you to decide if he's a real killer or if he just couldn't tolerate certain things anymore. A man who lives in a closed world, Manderley. He holds on for a while, then puts an end to it, and a mysterious murder ensues. A lot is concentrated in this role. Max is just as choleric as I am, but I never make the role like I am, nor the other way around. The two meet on a third track."

"He carries the tragic misdemeanor that happens before the play begins for the rest of his life. No one presumes that he is guilty of anything, that there is murder in his name, no one knows of the burden of it. Then suddenly something happens that you don't expect, that brings new feelings to the surface, and that destroys this beautifully constructed bastion of repression. That not only he loves, but he is also loved is for Maxim de Winter himself a purgatory. Although the key motif of the play is love that is all-giving and conquering, the story is not that romantic. Despite a seemingly happy, exonerating ending, the question remains open whether, despite the strong sense of belonging, Man and woman, Max and “I” will find each other again the next day, whether they can work through what happened. To whom does the viewer side, to whom does he give justice? Is Max's or Rebecca's mirror the more distorted? And in this strange system of relationships, where is the self and Where is Mrs Danvers? This piece demands a completely different kind of acting from the usual one, because in the constantly changing perspective it is necessary to remain authentic at every moment."

“Max is also a bit charming, a bit worldly, there's a little bit of him who likes it hot (I mean his mischief), and maybe a little hypocritical, because we eventually find out he's basically a little boy inside…What I love about him is the elegance, the charm, the ease, of course, with a tremendous amount of work behind his back. That's what's weird to me. If I'd played Romeo, he probably wouldn't be. For there is in Romeo… a wide-open-hearted, all-amazed naive, and then he will become a man. Max is turning from a man to a boy.”

He also said Max has mommy issues, but unfortunately I can't find that interview right now.

Note: This was translated from Hungarian, I tried to do the best I could given that I don't speak it and had to use online translators.

Links to interviews: 1 2 3

#rebecca musical #rebecca das musical #rebecca the musical #rebecca daphne du maurier #szabó p. szilveszter #maxim de winter

[wo-der-horizont-beginnt]

"And I will fight for him, making all this right for him, I will lie and scheme, attack, deny, pray and blaspheme for him" Free Now - Rebecca in London

This is one of my favourite book lines (morally dubious ich always) and I love its musical adaptation here!

#rebecca daphne du maurier #lonbecca #rebecca musical

[neednottoneed]

"Die neue Mrs de Winter" - Translation of Danny's part

SO in the new London production they cut Danny's part of "Die neue Mrs de Winter," which I'm frankly annoyed by because I like that moment for her character--it's the musical version of the Hitchcock camera zoom onto her. So with that in mind I thought I'd try my hand at translating her part in the German into English, with some explanation for why I made the choices I did.

The original German lyrics are below, as well as a literal word-for-word English translation, and then my translation after that. I'll put my thoughts under the cut as I'm afraid it'll get really long otherwise.

German:

Selbst wenn sie eine Fürstin wär' Was will sie hier in Manderley? Für mich gibt es auf dieser Welt nur eine Mrs. de Winter Denn ruht dein Körper auch im Grab Dein Geist ist noch in Manderley Und keine nimmt dir deinen Platz Niemals!

Literal English:

Even if she were a princess What does she want in Manderley? For me there's only one Mrs de Winter in this world Your body rests then in the grave Your ghost is still in Manderley And no one can take your place Never!

My translation:

No matter how well bred she is She has no place in Manderley I know there can only be One true Mrs de Winter They say you’re lying in your grave, But you’re still here in Manderley And nobody can take your place Ever

Explanation of choices under the cut!

SO right off the bat I've never been huge fan of the "princess" line though it works in German (and Fürstin has a nice old-fashioned nobility connotation) but I wanted something that still got that meaning across, and between that and "she has no place" I wanted to get across the point of what Ich believes is Danvers' disdain for Ich's lower-class upbringing (something Ich obsesses over in the novel), as well as make it clear her feelings on someone replacing Rebecca.

I could've stuck with "For me there can only be" instead of "I know there can only be" but I thought "I know" sounded nicer. "One true Mrs de Winter" - same effect.

"They say you're lying in your grave" - I wanted to set up the echo of this line we get in "She's invincible" and go ahead and get that across, plus there's my favorite detail in the German where Danny addresses Rebecca here (and throughout) with the informal "you," something she only does a few other times--to Ich, when she's mad at her or terrorizing her (Nur ein Schritt/Mrs de Winter bin Ich.) I wanted to keep that direct address, so this works here.

"But you're still here in Manderley" a little less subtle than "Your spirit/ghost is still in Manderley."

"And nobody can take your place / ever" - I toyed between "never" and "ever" as Never would be more a direct translation, but "Nobody would ever take your place" flows if this were just a sentence spoken in English, where never does not, so I went with that.

If you made it this far, congrats! I find all of this extremely interesting and fun and love talking/thinking about translation choices.

#rebecca das musical #rebecca #daphne du maurier #rebecca london #rebecca musical #translation #meta #i shouldn't have to say it but i'm gonna #translation copyright here belongs to me

[doctorhoe]

I lied. THIS is actually my last rebecca post for the day: I hate how every adaptation of this book is so set on making excuses for maxim. the hitchcock version had the hays code to work with, so I'll forgive the way they handled it. but I won't forgive the musical for copying hitchcock because they definitely had the freedom to stay faithful to the novel. and I especially won't forgive the netflix adaptation for staying faithful to the book in that maxim shoots rebecca, only to then make excuses for it. like adding the part where her eyes are pleading him to shoot her or whatever. the fact that he kills rebecca is not even a problem unless you are dead set on making this into a love story. in which case you just got the wrong book, sorry.

#rebecca #daphne du maurier #rebecca musical

[merinathropp]

hi yeah so Kara's portrayal of Mrs. Danvers absolutely tore my heart out and blew the roof off when I saw Rebecca London two weeks ago so here are some observations I'm finally writing down

- after the costume ball scene, Ich was trying to run back up the stairs, and Danny came down them towards her with THE MOST SWEETLY EVIL GRIN IMAGINABLE, just absolutely smug and delighted and totally unashamed of herself, I have literally never loved Danny more, good for her, let her be happy etc. you just know she slept SO well that night

- balcony scene, when she's telling Ich to jump: for the first few lines, she wasn't looking at Ich at all, she was gazing out into the ocean, and she had this awful twisted look of despair/panic on her face as she said 'you'll never be happy, no one wants you, no one needs you', and my heart literally plummeted because it seemed as though Danny was talking to herself*, not Ich. she snapped out of it a second later and very deliberately turned to look at Ich to deliver the rest of her speech, but oh my gosh, WHAT an inspired and heartbreaking choice???

(*apparently Kara confirmed on Instagram that this is her intention with those first few lines huuhhjsdhfksajdf I'm obsessed)

- the first time I saw this production, I was confused by how polite and normal Danny behaved to Ich for most of Act 1, BUT NOW I SEE THE LIGHT!!!! the whole brilliance of Kara's portrayal is this delicate slow burn effect, she's perfectly cool and collected during their first interactions, then gradually gets more mad and emotional as the show goes on

- Rebecca IIII (after the phonecall) she walked very, very slowly down the stairs with one hand clapped over her mouth, fell to her knees clutching the banister, and sobbed. she hadn't sung a note and I was already crying watching her. so many Dannys make that moment about anger and betrayal (which is valid!!!), but I was bowled over to see Kara make it about Danny just crumpling to pieces and finally allowing herself to cry and cry for the woman she loved.

- (then she somehow proceeded to sob and belt her way FLAWLESSLY through the entire reprise, I couldn't believe how clean her notes were when she had tears streaming down her face???? and the absolute icing on the cake: on the final few lines, it was like all her grief just iced over, her face hardened into this look of total focus and hatred, and she stood up slowly singing 'now it's time for your revenge on Manderley' absolute perfection honestly.)

basically we're all blessed beyond belief by Kara's Danny and idk what I will do when this production closes. live in perpetual grief forever I guess.

#rebecca musical #rebecca das musical #rebecca london #kara lane #mrs danvers #merina rambles

[cto10121]

Watching video reviews of London Rebecca and how ~naturalistic they decided to have some of the direction be due to the smaller venue and now I’m struck with the existential fear of an American or British director coming along and deciding on a ~naturalistic and ~subtle Elisabeth or Romeo et Juliette.

#🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 #my poor heart #some of the most dramatic shows #it was ALL be ~realistic #so no sexy death!1!!1 #these are alresdy complex shows #european musicals #cristina opines #romeo et juliette #elisabeth #rebecca das musical #rebecca musical

[armandjolras]

She’s invincible, she’s unsinkable She could never be defeated — it’s unthinkable

based on the thumbnail of this post from Kara’s instagram

#rebecca musical #drawings

[sassmill]

“Did Rebecca ever do that?” I whispered, a second story unfolding within my memory of the last few months, of Mrs. Danvers’ reverence for Her: not just devotion, I now realized, but something more complicated. Deeper.

Adoration. Ardor. Need.

"No."

“But you wanted her to, didn’t you?”

She didn’t make a sound. Refused to look up at me.

“Answer me, Mrs. Danvers.”

#it’s finally done!!!! #at least the first chapter is #I’m actually really insanely proud of this one #I feel like it’s different from anything I’ve written before #Rebecca #rebecca daphne du maurier #rebecca das musical #rebecca 1940 #rebecca musical #rebecca london #charing cross rebecca #rebecca wien #rebecca vienna #mrs. danvers #ich #mrs de winter #Mrs de winter is here #Mrs de winter bin ich #DanvIch