Faith, Hope and Charity

Archive Listings for Faith, Hope and Charity

T01963960345 (SOUTHWARKPLAY11) Producer Leap Productions. Producer Ros Terry. Director Leonie Kubigsteltig. Design Signe Beckmann. Lighting Richard Howell. Sound Tom Gibbons. Other Nic Wass (dramaturg). Performer Julien Ball. Performer Paul Bhattacharjee. Performer Emmanuella Cole. Performer Helena Lymbery. Performer Penelope McGhie. Performer Jude Monk McGowan. Performer Rebecca Oldfied. Performer Roy Sampson.
22 Jun 11 to 16 Jul 11	Southwark Playhouse, Inner London :: V226 listing details L01263821506
T0759383409 (CEN97) Company Centre Forward. Director David Lewsey.
11 Feb 97 to 1 Mar 97	The Tabard Theatre, Outer London :: V334 listing details L01987817425

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Play :: "And in the paper it talked about the misery of the people and the Minister said the state is a welfare state and that was the whole trouble. So I said to the state: ‘Listen, I’m a citizen too, but the state didn’t answer’." Elisabeth is a fighter: an optimistic saleswoman in pre-war Europe. When she is fined for selling corsets without a valid permit, her debts mount. Drowning in bureaucracy, Elisabeth attempts to sell her last asset- her corpse. Meeting a charitable person, the offer of stability and love rebuilds Elisabeth’s faith. But the unstoppable machinery of the state advances... Banned by the Nazi regime in 1933, Faith, Hope and Charity is a powerful and critical portrait of a population driven to desperate and absurd ends, which asks enduring questions about society, civil rights and the welfare state.

Author	Odon von Horvath
Translation	Christopher Hampton