【Londontheatre】Peter and Alice

I often wonder about the lives of child actors after the glory of their turn in the spotlight has faded. Do they, in later years, look back and wish they had had a normal childhood (whatever that might be) with the chance to do all the stupid and silly things we all get up to when we are children and, worse still, teenagers?
当童星们聚光灯下的绚丽褪色后，我常琢磨他们的生活。他们是否会在之后的岁月中回首，期望当年的自己能有一个平凡的童年（无论会是什么样子），有机会去尝试一切我们在孩童，或者在更糟的青少年时期都会做的那些荒唐的蠢事？

In this new play by John Logan, we do not actually get an answer to my question, but we are in similar territory because the two principal characters here found fame when they were both children, though not because they were actors. Alice Liddell Hargreaves was the inspiration for Alice in the famous children's classic 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' written by Lewis Carroll, and Peter Llewelyn Davies was identified as the Peter who provided the name for the main character in the equally famous stage play 'Peter Pan' by J M Barrie. Both of these people found that the fame which was enamelled on to their being in their formative years, remained with them inexorably for the rest of their lives. In the case of Peter Davies, it seems to have been a millstone round his neck, to the extent that he hated his association with 'Peter Pan'.
在John Logan写的这部新剧里面，我的问题事实上并没有得到答案。但二者的性质相似，因为虽然两个主角不是演员，但他们都在童年时期就已经声名鹊起。Alice Liddell Hargreaves是Lewis Carroll的作品——经典儿童读物《爱丽丝漫游奇境》的主角Alice的原型，而Peter Llewelyn Davies 被认为是 J M Barrie撰写的同样著名的舞台剧《彼得潘》主人公彼得名字的来源。二人都发现在人生的关键时期为他们的存在锦上添花的名气，从此不可阻挡地停留在了他们此后的人生里。Peter Davies痛恨他和Peter Pan的联系，对他来说，那就像是难以摆脱的重负。

'Peter and Alice' is a short play at around 90 minutes, but it feels like there are a few hours of material packed into it. If there is a 'dream team' for a production, this could well be it – or, one of them at least. Apart from Dame Judi Dench and Ben Whishaw in the lead roles, the play is directed by Michael Grandage and Christopher Oram is the brains behind the fine design. That line-up alone will be sufficient, I would imagine, to ensure packed houses. And, on the night I saw it, there was indeed a full and appreciative house. However, I found myself unsure and in some ways uneasy about this play. First, there is a lot of information to consider regarding the relationships between Barrie and Peter, and Alice and Carroll. Some of the biographical details are controversial and inconclusive, and subject to much speculation. So I was left wondering just what I could trust in terms of factual accuracy. On the other hand, the concept of examining the relationships between these two authors and their respective muses is both fascinating and intriguing and so it draws one in, just like reading the lurid headlines in the tabloids. However, it means that, yet again, we are intruding into the lives of Peter and Alice, and I found that uncomfortable territory.
Peter and Alice是一出大约90分钟的短剧，但它让人感到几个小时的内容被塞到了里面。如果有一个“梦之队”要制作戏剧，大概就会选这部剧，至少这部剧会成为其中之一。除了扮演主角的Dame Judi Dench和Ben Whishaw，Michael Grandage是该剧的导演，Christopher Oram（注：舞台服装设计）则是那些精美设计的幕后人。我看这个阵容就足以保证上座率了。在我去看这部剧的晚上，剧院果真是座无虚席。但是，我对这部剧并不确定，还有些担忧。首先，关于Barrie和Peter，Alice和Carroll之间的关系，有许多信息需要细思。一些传记里的细节并不确定，有争议，还受猜测的影响，因此我在想在事实的准确性方面我能相信什么。另一方面，审视这两位作家和他们各自的缪斯之间的关系确实趣味无穷又引人入胜，就像阅读通俗小报的那些花里胡哨的标题，因此它能吸引人。但是，再次声明，这部剧意味着，我们进入了Peter和Alice的生活，我从中发现了让人不快的部分。

觉得单凭这个剧本就很吸引人了~

果然翻译过来的比自己看好多了～卤煮好银～XD
——别有幽愁暗恨生 此时无声胜有声。from HTC ONEX.

期中考试完可以去看看

很好滴阅读材料~

Gawiel的那篇神翻没转反而转了我的渣翻？略疑惑。