From the short story by Gustave Flaubert
Translated by Robert Baldick (Penguin Classics 1961)
1992
Adapted by the company from the story by Gustave Flaubert.
A visual and choreographic rendition of this invented mediaeval morality tale.
Last year Communicado gave us CYRANO DE BERGERAC and a torrent of verbal wit. This year the words are few and the visual effects many. Isn’t it the sign of a genuinely superior company – this restlessness, this dissatisfaction with itself, this inability to stand still?
The Times 1993
It is as if the allegory of a stained glass window or great Gobelins tapestry comes to life. I found it totally absorbing, cathartic, and as mysteriously moving as the ancient miracles, played with passion and dedication
Scotland on Sunday 1993
The production has a rapt, hypnotic quality that is hallucinogenic….. great washes of sound that feature bells, whispered prayers, and marvellous passages of spacey free jazz…..you emerge from this glorious show feeling that you have experienced a benign and revelatory trip.
The Daily Telegraph 1993

Kenneth Glenaan
Steve Kettley
Jan Knightley
Pauline Laverty
Tomas Lee
Frank McConnell
Michael Nardone
THE PRODUCTION
Directed by - Gerry Mulgrew
Assistant Director - Paul Pinson
Composer of Recorded Soundscape - Jim Sutherland
Visual Concept - Keith McIntyre
Lighting Designer - Nick McCall
Costume Designer - Caroline Scott
Design Assistant - Jenny Beattie
Costume Design Assistant - Suzie Turnbull
Production Photographs - Sean Hudson