Performance

VenueSwan Theatre
TownStratford-Upon-Avon
CountyWarwickshire
From24th November 2016
Opened1st December 2016
To10th February 2017
WhenNov 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, Dec 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 17, 21, 22, 29, Jan 6, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 21, 23, 28, Feb 1, 2, 3, 9, 10 at 19:30. Dec 1 at 19:00. Dec 1 Mat 13:00. Dec 3, 10, 13, 17, 21, Jan 7, 18, 28, Feb 1, 4 Mats 13:30
What is currently on at Swan Theatre (V136)

The Seven Acts of Mercy

The Seven Acts of MercyT147453335
Naples, 1606. Inside an unfinished church, a painting is emerging from the darkness. The Seven Acts of Mercy is Caravaggio's masterpiece - and his first painting since he killed a man and fled Rome. As the artist works, he is fuelled by anger, self-loathing and his driving need to create a work that speaks of compassion in a violent world. Bootle, the present day. A retired dock worker teaches his grandson, as around them a community is disintegrating under the pressure of years of economic and political degradation. With all he has left, a book of great works of art, he tries to open the boy's eyes to the tragedy and beauty of the life he faces. And the boy reciprocates in the only way he knows.
Author Anders Lustgarten


Archive :: production:T147453335, play:S1180725166, venue:V136

Production details

Playing out across a gap of 400 years, Anders Lustgarten's visceral new play confronts the dangerous necessity of compassion, in a world where it is in short supply.

Special Performances


  • 12 Jan 17 Captioned
  • 18 Jan 17 Audio Described
  • 28 Jan 17 Audio Described
  • 9 Feb 17 Captioned

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Company

Company Royal Shakespeare Company
Director Erica Whyman
Design Tom Piper
Lighting Charles Balfour
Music Isobel Waller-Bridge
Performer Joe Allen (Jimmy)
Performer Sally Bankes (Sandra)
Performer James Corrigan (Vincenzo)
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