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 TimesT01796449535Rehearsed reading | |
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T1789782046Company Oxford Stage Company. Director Sean Holmes. Design Anthony Lamble. Lighting Simon Bennison. Performer Billy Carter. Performer Sam Cox. Performer David Hollet. Performer Dermot Kerrigan. Performer Tobias Menzies. Performer Maxine Peake. Performer Fred Pearson. Performer Edward Peel. Performer Paul Rainbow. Performer John Stahl. Performer Colin Tarrant. Performer Simon Walter. | |
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