'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' - the relationship between Christopher and his Mum
An exploration into the relationship between Christopher Boone and his Mum, Judy Boone, through interviews with the actors and footage from the National Theatre production.
An exploration into the relationship between Christopher Boone and his Mum, Judy Boone, from 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time', through interviews with the actors and footage from the National Theatre production. The footage shows the actor Nicola Walker in the role of Judy, in the premiere production. The director, Marianne Elliott, explains the background to the story, that Christopher hasn鈥檛 seen his Mum for two years and believes her to be dead. The different ways that Judy is presented in the story are shown.
We see footage from the play of a flashback of Christopher with his Mum at the beach. We see direct speech between Christopher and his Mum. We see Judy reading out her letters to Christopher, which in the stage version are spoken aloud out by the actor Nicola Walker. Nicola explains that we only know Judy through her words, because we hear the letters being read. We hear how Judy has to deal with the guilt and shame of having left her son. Judy and Christopher鈥檚 difficulty when re-uniting is explored. Despite Judy being an emotional person she has to sit back and wait for Christopher to trust her. The added complication of Mr Shears in the relationship is explored. We see that Judy has to make the decision to go back to Swindon to look after her son.
