Danny and the Deep Blue Sea 1984
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Danny and the Deep Blue Sea was first seen at a new plays festival in Louisville, Kentucky, in February 1984; the production quickly transferred to New York. The first Roberta was June Stein, and her Danny was John Turturro.
For all its oddity, it has been produced regularly in fringe theatre and there appears not to be any shortage of ladies to play Roberta. Some of the clips listed below show some quite hard spankings. As you can see, it’s especially popular in New York, but productions are far from confined to US shores. For instance, there was a Norwegian-language version performed in Oslo in January 2013. The play was translated and produced by Camilla Roman, who also plays Roberta… so she really has only herself to blame for what Erik Skøld does to her.
2004
Adam Rothenberg spanks Rosemarie de Witt, in New York.
A
workshop production by Etcetera Productions in London, perhaps made the
spanking a too perfunctory. It ran two weeks October 2009, with Danielle
Dryer as a rather boyish Roberta. She both spanked and directed by
Christopher Johnson. Click HERE to
view.
In
May 2010, these two students in an American drama class at Surrey Hills,
Australia, were set a problem: how does a physically slight Danny spank
a statuesque Roberta, with the added complication that he has nowhere to
sit down? Click HERE to view.
2012
Itziar Miranda is spanked by Alex Garcia at the Teatro
Español in Madrid, Spain. Click
HERE
to view
2013,
The German version of Danny is, unsurprisingly, rather
Germanic. Intense, erotic outfits and quite a serious spanking, the
Berlin production does nothing by halves. Click
HERE
to view
A
Norwegian-language version performed in Oslo in January 2013. The play
was translated and produced by Camilla Roman, who also plays Roberta… so
she really has only herself to blame for what Erik Skøld does to her
here. However, it is one of the tamer Danny spankings. Click
HERE
to view
2013:
Emily Kaczmarek spanked by Nick Stag, yet again in New York.
2014:
A half-dressed Laura Madden is spanked by Bradley Jennings Evans, again
in New York.
The
participants here are Raymond Knight and Carly Neigum, at the 2014 Nanaimo
Fringe Festival in British Columbia. This production ups the anti by
using a belt on her shapely bottom. The belt seldom actually lands on
her bottom, mainly striking his hand. This is actually a pity as a few
more on her would have made her reactions more genuine.
2015
Samantha Rose Hothi spanked by Ethan Jovanovic, again in New York
2015:
Even when the scene is played as written, it is not unknown for a
reviewer to complain that the spanking was obviously faked. For instance,
it was said of the 2006 New World Arts production in Goshen, Indiana,
that Michelle Milne – another actress who really wanted to play Roberta
– ‘should have chosen to endure a little pain to preserve the atmosphere
of the play’. But that is a naive comment from someone who ought to know
better. Theatre is the art of illusion. If it’s done well, nobody needs
to endure much pain. Drama students also use Shanley’s play to learn how
to do fight choreography – and, yes, in theatrical terms a spanking does
technically count as a ‘fight’.
Here
is the spanking from the ‘fight reel’
from a 2015 student production.
2016
Green-hills theatre collective rehearsal, Melbourne, Australia.
2016: We end with one of the poorest
Danny spankings. If the director does not take a scene seriously,
why on earth include it. Frankly, the production would have been better
without the spanking, or just a threat.The Greenhouse Ensemble's Production (Manhattan, USA) in April 2016, directed by Austin Pendleton and starring Reanna Armellino and Hazen Cuyler. Click HERE to view
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