Whenever I hear the phrase “Lord of the Flies” I experience
very dramatic flashbacks of my GCSE English Literature days. I had a wonderful
teacher who was raised in New Zealand. Her accent was so distinctive that when
it came to the exam, I could hear her voice playing round and round in my head.
To this day I can still hear phrases like “Simon is the Christ-like figure in
the novel” and “the conch is the symbol of order amidst all this chaos” so as I
approached the New Victoria Theatre in Woking, I remembered those days.
Flocks…no, SWARMS of teenagers poured into the theatre to see William H
Golding’s classic 1954 novel brought to life.
The novel, simply put, closely examines the breakdown of
societal values and the raw brutality of humanity in times of utter
desperation. The novel follows a group of school children who are stranded on an
island with no adults after a plane crash. The novel was adapted for this
production by Nigel Williams.
