About the Show
2017 Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro’s literary masterpiece has entranced generations as a novel and an acclaimed Merchant Ivory film. Now transformed for the first time into an exquisite stage play by one of Britain most exciting young writers, it receives its world premiere at Royal & Derngate before embarking on a major national tour.
A deeply atmospheric drama about time and memory, loneliness and longing, The Remains of the Day depicts the morally-compromised truth behind a world of manicured gardens, formal dinners and grand houses. As the fires rage through England during and after the Second World War, we get an intimate glimpse into one man’s half-lived life, realised too late.
Cast
Stephen Boxer
Stevens
Niamh Cusack
Kenton
Stephen Critchlow
Morgan/S[emcer/Ensemble
Pip Donaghy
Stevens Senior/Waiter
Edward Franklin
Reginald/Ensemble
Miles Richardson
Darlington/Carlisle/Ensemble
Sadie Shimmin
Mrs Taylor/Mme Dupont/Ensemble
Patrick Toomey
Lewis/Ensemble
Creatives
Kazuo Ishiguro
Book
Royal & Derngate
Producer
Barney Norris
Adaptation
Christopher Haydon
Director
Lily Arnold
Design
Mark Howland
Lighting
Elena Pena
Sound
Sophie Cotton
Music
Lucy Cullingford (movement director)
Director
Andrzej Goulding (video)
Design
Matilda Reith (assistant)
Director
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