The Earthly Paradise

Archive Listings for The Earthly Paradise

T861908074 (ALMEIDA04) Director Robert Delamere. Design Simon Higlett. Costume Simon Higlett. Lighting Chris Davey. Sound Christopher Shutt. Performer Saffron Burrows (Janey Morris). Performer Alan Cox (Dante Gabriel Rossetti). Performer Sean Gilder (John Hennie). Performer Nigel Lindsay (William Morris).
18 Nov 04 to 8 Jan 05	Almeida Theatre, West End :: V166 listing details L190012124

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Play :: When Topsy - poet and designer William Morris - takes a dreamy Oxfordshire manor house for the summer of 1871 the whisper goes round that it is to make the very public affair between his wife Janey and close friend Dante Gabriel Rossetti less conspicuous. The tensions between the three of them create an emotional undertow that keeps threatening to break surface. When Morris leaves them to their sanctuary and goes abroad as the alchemy of love works unexpected changes.

Author

Peter Whelan