Saint's Day
From: Wednesday, 16th October 2002
To: Saturday, 23 November 2002
Our Review: 
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Synopsis
A symbolically charged tragedy, has as its main theme responsibility for violence and suffering.
Our Review:
21 October 2002
Some may view this revival of John Whiting's 1948 play is an indulgence on the part of Orange Tree director Sam Walters. During his lifetime, Whiting was singularly unsuccessful on the commercial stage save for The Devils, notoriously filmed by Ken Russell. After his death in 1963, though his work is admired by an artistic elite, it's seldom revived.
Linguistically, Saint's Day is a dense, difficult piece. Its stylised and mannered use of colloquialism would seem to support the view of Whiting as an absurdist forefather to Pinter and Beckett but, in fact, it's more akin to the writing of his continental contemporaries such as Genet and Sartre, as well as his TS Eliot and JB Priestley.
The play's subject matter doesn't let viewers off easily either. It's an invective against the irrationality of violence (this from a man who was a conscientious objector, then a soldier) and the abrogation of personal responsibility. Since the characters reflect mor...
Cast
Leonard Fenton
John Paul Connolly
David Gooderson
James Lloyd Pegg
Chris Porter
Ed Stoppard
Ben Warwick
Sam Dowson
Celia Nelson
Robert Benfield
Creative
John Whiting (Author)
Orange Tree (Producer)
Sam Walters (Director)
Tim Meacock (Design)
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