Leaving

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T0390588480 (ORANGE08) Producer Orange Tree. Translation Paul Wilson. Director Sam Walters. Performer Philip Anthony. Performer David Antrobus. Performer Robert Austin. Performer Carolyn Backhouse. Performer Geoffrey Beevers. Performer Fay Castelow. Performer Esther Ruth Elliot. Performer Stuart Fox. Performer James Greene. Performer Christopher Naylor. Performer Paul O'Mahony. Performer Rebecca Pownall. Performer Mike Sengelow. Performer Auriol Smith. Performer Paula Stockbridge.

19 Sep 08 to 13 Dec 08

Orange Tree Theatre, Outer London :: V321 listing details L906544066

Details

Play :: Chancellor Rieger is leaving office. But does leaving office necessarily mean that he, his 'long-time companion' and his extended family have to leave the villa which has been their home for years? While his former secretary, and the former secretary to his former secretary, grapple with the mechanics of change and his family prepare to face an uncertain future, the Chancellor himself considers his legacy amidst visits from journalists, an infatuated student, deputy minister Klein and the attentions of his servant Oswald and Knobloch, the gardener. The play has echoes of both King Lear and The Cherry Orchard, and addresses the themes of change, dispossession and the passage of power from one generation to the next amidst the chaos of leaving.

Author

Vaclav Havel