Winter. Somewhere between 1860 and 1880. A serjeant and three soldiers arrive in a strike-torn Northern mining town. They appear to be seeking recruits for the Queen's regiment. They are in fact deserters led by a man obsessed with awakening his countrymen to the futility and horror of war. Described by Arden as an 'un-historical parable', Serjeant Musgrave's Dance is a realistic drama written in verse and prose. The play is enriched with traditional Scottish, English and Irish folk-song airs. "The modern English theatre has had its poets and it has had its dramatists, but in John Arden it has acquired its first dramatic poet since - well, lets be rash - the days of Shakespeare" The Sunday Times| 18 Nov 03 to 22 Nov 03 | Theatre Royal York, North Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 11 Nov 03 to 15 Nov 03 | Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 4 Nov 03 to 8 Nov 03 | Oxford Playhouse Oxford, Oxfordshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 29 Oct 03 to 1 Nov 03 | Traverse Theatre Edinburgh Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 21 Oct 03 to 25 Oct 03 | Northcott Theatre Exeter, Devon Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 14 Oct 03 to 18 Oct 03 | Greenwich Theatre Outer London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 30 Sep 03 to 4 Oct 03 | Everyman Theatre Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 24 Sep 03 to 27 Sep 03 | NST Campus Southampton, Hampshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
