![]() ![]() The Reverend Crisparkle, a goodnatured cleric – a kind of Victorian version of Rev’s Adam Smallbone – provides light relief, but this is definitely one of Dickens’ darker works, with much of the action taking place at night in the candlelit Cloisterham Cathedral, where Jasper schemes to snare Rosa. ![]() I don’t think it’s going too far to say Jasper has a murderous hatred of Drood.’ ![]() Freddie Fox, who plays Drood, says, ‘My character is engaged to Rosa and Jasper believes he stands in the way of the woman he loves and about whom he obsesses. Which is bad news for his nephew Edwin Drood, the target for his hatred. The opium to which he’s addicted is slowly destroying his mind and making his mood swings increasingly pronounced. ![]() Matthew Rhys – the Welsh star of hit US drama Brothers & Sisters – plays provincial choirmaster John Jasper, a man increasingly obsessed by the beautiful and innocent 17-year-old Rosa Bud. 'And I think she’s come up with a fascinating and very clever ending to Dickens’ novel with a big, central idea at the heart of her story.’ A cleric at Cloisterham Cathedral who is the light to John Jasper’s darkness. ![]()
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