English Play in Utrecht Castle

Boisterous Oyster Playhouse, Utrecht’s English-language theatre company, will present the one act play Belle & James as part of the Culturele Zondagen festivities on Sunday 23 March 2008.
The play is part of De Kleine Parade, the theme of this month’s Culturele Zondag. Based on historical events, Belle & James is a comic investigation into the relationship between Utrecht’s ownBelle van Zuylen and the Scottish writer James Boswell, as seen through the eyes of Voltaire. With a few post-modern twists and physics experiments, the play takes place in Belle’s chambers at Slot Zuylen in 1761, as the notorious rake Boswell pays a possibly amorous visit to the equally notorious, hard-to-handle author and feminist avant-la-lettre, Belle van Zuylen.

The play is 100% free and there are 4 performances at Slot Zuylen (11.00-11.30, 13.30-14.00, 15.30-16.00, 16.45 -17.15). Special bus transport has been organised from Central Station by GVU. The play starts in the bus, so be sure to catch it! Bus leaves at 10.15, 12.45 and 14.45 (from departure point for Bus 13).