Sir Peter Hall has announced details of his 2008 rep season at the
Theatre Royal, Bath, which will run from 3rd July to 30th August. The
productions are:
The Portrait of a Lady
By Henry James, adapted by Hall's wife Nicki Frei
3rd July - 9th August
Directed by Hall and starring Catherine McCormack as Isabel Archer,
with Niamh Cusack, Finbar Lynch, Anthony Howell and Jean Marsh.
In the Main House
A Doll's House
By Henrick Ibsen, in a new version by Stephen Mulrine
8th July - 9th August
Directed by Hall and starring Catherine McCormack and Finbar Lynch
Main House
Born in the Gardens
By Peter Nichols
15th July - 9th August
Directed by Stephen Unwin and starring Stephanie Cole
Peter Nichols’s comedy was originally commissioned by Bristol
Old Vic to celebrate its 200th anniversary in 1979
Main House
Faeries
By Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Presented by The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
22nd - 30th July
Directed & Choreographed by Will Tucket
A young girl finds herself alone late one afternoon in Kensington
Park where a cast of sprites and faires hover between the lakes and
monuments and a shadowy realm beckons through the fairy ring.
Faeries uses a combination of puppetry, dance and old-fashioned
storytelling to propel audiences into a magical world of mystery,
imps and fairies inspired by illustrator Arthur Rackham, England’s
most celebrated children’s book artist
the egg
Enjoy
By Alan Bennett
12th - 30th August
Directed by Christopher Luscombe and starring Alison Steadman
In Leeds in 1980 an ageing couple are living in the city’s last
back-to-back. With the demolition of the area in progress, Wilf and
Connie are soon to be re-housed in a brand new maisonette with a waste
disposal unit and non-slip vinyl flooring! When a sociologist comes
to observe them in their daily life, normality takes a decidedly atypical
turn…
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