The Best of Friends

Archive Listings for The Best of Friends

T0546196007 (TOUR06) Director James Roose-Evans. Design Simon Higlett. Lighting Ben Ormerod. Sound John Leonard. Performer Patricia Routledge (Dame Laurentia McLachlan). Performer Michael Pennington (Sir Sydney Cockerell). Performer Roy Dotrice (George Bernard Shaw).
8 May 06 to 13 May 06	Richmond Theatre, Outer London :: V327 listing details L01376838139
1 May 06 to 6 May 06	Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford :: V702 listing details L2015958809
24 Apr 06 to 29 Apr 06	Theatre Royal, Brighton :: V657 listing details L1780235891
10 Apr 06 to 15 Apr 06	Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes :: V754 listing details L1469088753
3 Apr 06 to 8 Apr 06	Theatre Royal, Bath :: V854 listing details L0300177985
2 Mar 06 to 1 Apr 06	Hampstead Theatre, Inner London :: V202 listing details L0461553319

Details

Play :: Sir Sydney Cockerell, curator of the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge, George Bernard Shaw, Nobel Prize winning author, and Benedictine nun, Dame Laurentia McLachlan were close friends throughout their lives. Their letters and essays have been woven into an unusual play about friendship, love of learning, and the inquiring mind s incessant search for answers to the big questions.

Author	Hugh Whitemore (Hugh Whitemore (from writings of Dame Laurentia McLachlan)
Design	r Sydney Cockerell and George Bernard Shaw)