The Revenger's Tragedy

[xiphias]

When we were in DC for the Marlowe plays, we went out to lunch with our friend Akiva Fox, the dramaturg for the company. Over lunch, he'd mentioned that he'd found a movie version of Thomas Middleton's (or maybe Cyril Tourneur's) play The Revenger's Tragedy. It was filmed in 2002, and put together by Alex Cox, who was the director of Sid and Nancy and Repo Man. It's set in a post-apocalyptic Liverpool, and stars Chris Eccleston as Vindici (The Revenger), Derek Jacobi as the Duke who killed Vindici's beloved, and Eddie Izzard as the Duke's son Lussurioso (The Lecher) who is trying to seduce Vindici's sister.

Okay. Let's recap. A Jacobean revenge play, set in a post-apocalyptic world, directed by Alex Cox, and starring Christopher Eccleston, Eddie Izzard, and Derek Jacobi.

It took Lis WEEKS to track down a copy in any of the libraries we are members of.

We watched it last night.

Those of you who have Netflix? Put this one on your queue. It's not one I'd watch over and over again, but it was fun, and it's definitely worth watching, at least once.

Comments

[rosamund.livejournal.com]

Ye gods and little fishes, if I'd known neither of you had seen this, I would have pimped it ages ago.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

It's really difficult to find in the US -- they never got a United States distributor. They wanted to time it for the "Eddie Izzard Conquers America" tour, but nobody picked it up, and then they got disgusted with the USA because of the war in Iraq anyway, and decided to just not bother with us.

[rosamund.livejournal.com]

::hugs::

That sucks. Come and live over here. We have proper cider. And beer!

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

. . . hmm.

Let me get back to you on that after the next US election. . . .

[rosamund.livejournal.com]

::grins::

Sure thing. I'll keep a seat for you in Dylan Thomas' old haunt: The No Sign Wine Bar.