Previously censored tale arrives at the Oxford Playhouse
ANNA Popplewell, who plays Susan Pevensie in the Chronicles of Narnia films, stars in Spring Awakening at the Oxford Playhouse from today (Wednesday) until Saturday (May 31).
The play, a tale of adolescent sexual discovery, was censored in Britain for more than 80 years.
Anna Popplewell rose to fame following the worldwide box office success of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe in 2005.
Three years on, she stars as Wendla Bergmann in Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening. The play opens just 12 days after Prince Caspian, the second in the Narnia series, premieres in the United States.
Spring Awakening promises to offer a stark contrast to the Narnia films with its confrontational depiction of sex, rape and homosexuality on stage.
Popplewell is to play a girl torn between clinging to her childhood and embracing her adult future.
"The world Wedekind represents is certainly a very different one from Lewis' Narnia," she explains.
"Wendla is a really interesting character, precocious and outgoing but caught in the confusion of adolescence. She doesn't really understand what sex is and, in the repressed society she is brought up in, the adults around her are reluctant to explain.
"Studying this character has been a real challenge and comes with the added difficulty of having to reach the same emotional intensity every night on stage. It's very different to working in film."
Tickets, priced 8.50, 10.50, 13.50, are available from the box office on 01865 305305 or alternatively online at www.oxfordplayhouse.com
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