Five Finger Exercise

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Archive Listings for Five Finger Exercise

T659063174 (SIDMOUTH10) Producer Charles Vance Productions.
7 Aug 10 to 11 Aug 10	Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth :: V897 listing details L0751257671
T999193187 (TABARD06) Producer Tabard Theatre. Director Cecil Hayter.
17 Oct 06 to 21 Oct 06	The Tabard Theatre, Outer London :: V334 listing details L1503458090
T710762815 (SALPLAY02) Director Dominic Hill. Design Tim Meacock. Lighting Peter Hunter. Performer Martin Hutson. Performer Jenny Quayle. Performer Oliver Dimsdale. Performer Richard Heffer. Performer Jo Theaker.
22 Feb 02 to 9 Mar 02	Playhouse, Salisbury :: V923 listing details L0955962135

Details

Play :: They say the family that plays together, stays together. For Walter, the young tutor to a middle class English family, this saying is about to take on a deeper meaning. As relationships spiral out of control, the family’s weekend retreat in the country rapidly becomes a battle field. Stanley is a self-made businessman incapable of expressing his emotions or compromising with others; his wife Louise imagines herself an intellectual, though her intelligence is more of an affectation than a reality. Stanley and Louise hire Walter, a teacher from Germany, as a tutor for their two teenage children, effeminate Clive and high-strung Pamela. Walter tries to ingratiate himself with the family, with little success; when he tries to get to know Louise better, she imagines that he's fallen in love with her, and she's deeply hurt when he confesses that he instead sees her as a motherly figure. Walter is eventually driven to the brink of suicide, which forces the family to reconsider their attitudes toward Walter and each other.

Author

Peter Shaffer