Lady Chatterley’s Lover in new subversive parody in Worthing and Hastings

Happy Idiot Productions’ new take will bring a fresh twist to DH Lawrence’s classic story this autumn.

On September 17, Not: Lady Chatterley’s Lover plays the Connaught Theatre, Worthing and then from October 4-6 it plays the White Rock Theatre, Hastings.

Writer Lawrence Russell – who is also playing Lord Chatterley – has given the scandalous story the Mel Brooks treatment, with the help of Simon Godwin (associate director, National Theatre), Stephen Harper (Told By An Idiot) and Laurence Pears (The Play That Goes Wrong).

Lord Chatterley returns to Wragby Hall confined to a wheelchair and clutching his secret. Despite her husband’s new impotence, a subject that everyone struggles to avoid, Lady Chatterley entertains the idea that one day they could have a child. But, as the couple drift apart, she embarks on a passionate and curiously experimental affair with Mellors, the estate gamekeeper.

Lawrence is promising a laughter-filled parody that will bring you high drama, high comedy and highly-raised eyebrows. But it won’t just be the laughs. It’s a new version of the tale, but one which still explores the novel’s important themes of female sexuality, disability and loneliness.