Outward Bound
From: Tuesday, 31st January 2012
To: Saturday, 25 February 2012
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Synopsis
Seven passengers meet in the saloon bar of a ship as it sets sail from an unidentified English port. Socialite Mrs Cliveden-Banks is on her way to join her husband, a Colonel in the army; Mr Lingley has important business in Marseilles; charlady Mrs Midget is making her first passage by sea; Reverend William Duke is looking forward to a holiday, while Tom Prior intends to spend the journey in the ship's saloon bar. Also on board are Henry and Ann, a young couple who seem anxious for the ship to leave port. But the travellers have more in common than they dare to suspect. Out at sea, an eerie calm settles over the ship as Tom is the first to discover the fate which awaits his fellow passengers... A mystery masterpiece of the 1920's.
Our Review:
3 February 2012
Do dogs go to heaven? This, and several of life’s more serious questions, are poured over in this 1923 Sutton Vane star vehicle, revived in a handsome production at the Finborough Theatre.
Setting sail on a luxury liner, seven strangers are swapping stories in the boat’s smoke room. A young couple with a secret; a braying grand-dame with a dislike of, well, the poor; a rakish drunk; a winsome parson; salt of the earth char lady and blustering politico are drawn together, presided over by a steward who knows more than he lets on. As the ship sails into the darkness, a secret is revealed that makes all the passengers evaluate where they are really going.
Not seen in London for 50 years, Outward Bound is another of the Finborough’s discoveries, startlingly prefiguring the work of J.B. Priestley. Though it doesn’t have the contemporary resonance of their stellar revival of Accolade, it’s certainly a moral c...
Cast
David Brett
Tom Davey
Derek Howard
Nicholas Karimi
Ursula Mohan. P:Carmen Rodriguez
Natalie Walter
Paul Westwood
Martin Wimbush
Creative
Sutton Vane (Author)
Coracle (in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre) (Company)
Louise Hill (Director)
Alex Marker (Design)
Neill Brinkworth (Lighting)
Gregor Donnelly (Costume)
William Morris (Music)
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