South Downs
From: Thursday, 19th April 2012
To: Sunday, 22 July 2012
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Synopsis
Following a critically acclaimed and sold out run as part of Chichester's Festival 2011, the double bill of [Terence Rattigan's one-act masterpiece and David Hare's specially commissioned companion piece transfer to the Harold Pinter Theatre.
Anna Chancellor and Nicholas Farrell will once again lead the casts in these plays which examine life in boarding public schools. Rattigan's own Harrow School and Hare's own Lancing College provide the backdrop for two moving and resounding stories, one told through the eyes of a master and one told through the eyes of a boy. Both revolve around unexpected acts of kindness which place the harsh and at times cruel worlds of these schools into stark contrast.
South Downs is set at Lancing College in Sussex where a pin sharp young pupil (a role reprised by young actor Alex Lawther, celebrated for this professional debut) is cut off from the rest of the school by virtue of his own intellect, background and questioning spirit. The school in response presents an unyielding and rigid outlook on life that leaves the boy isolated and confused. In an unlikely meeting with the mother of another pupil, her generosity of spirit and sound advice present the boy with a world of kindness and possibility.
Rattigan's The Browning Version presents the retiring Classics master Mr Crocker-Harris, tired, dried up and an abhorred tyrant over his pupils. Stuck in a broken marriage and facing the prospect of a retirement with no money, a simple act of generosity by one of Crocker-Harris' pupils brings out the deep-rooted dignity and heartbreaking sadness that give this play its power.
Cast
Anna Chancellor (Belinda Duffield)
Nicholas Farrell (Reverend Eric Dewley)
Jonathan Bailey (Jeremy Duffield)
Andrew Woodall (Basil Spear)
Bradley Hall (Colin Jenkins)
Liam Morton (Roger Sprule)
Creative
David Hare (Author)
Playful Productions ()
Neal Street ()
Robert Fox Ltd ()
Chichester Festival Theatre (Producer)
Jeremy Herring (Director)
Tom Scutt (Design)
Bruno Poet (Lighting)
Ian Dickinson (for Autograph) (Sound)
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