The Skin Game

Archive Listings for The Skin Game

T0688651859 (ORANGE07) Producer Orange Tree. Director Sam Walters. Design Tim Meacock. Lighting Stuart Burgess. Performer Daisy Ashford. Performer Geoffrey Beevers. Performer Edward Bennett. Performer Lynn Farleigh. Performer Clive Francis. Performer Dudley Hinton. Performer Richard Hollis. Performer Miriam Hughes. Performer Charity Reindorp. Performer Graham Seed. Performer Dan Staniforth. Performer Julie Teal. Performer Christopher Terry.

21 Mar 07 to 28 Apr 07

Orange Tree Theatre, Outer London :: V321 listing details L0246256857

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Play :: John Galsworthy's first play, The Silver Box, was premiered in 1906 in a production by Granville Barker at the Royal Court. But his first big commercially successful play was The Skin Game in 1920. Galsworthy was profoundly disturbed by what he witnessed as an ambulance driver during the First World War and in The Skin Game, which is not on the surface about war at all, he deals with the consequences that arise when those who hold differing, entrenched positions come into conflict. The Hillcrests have owned their land for centuries. The Hornblowers are newly rich business men. The gloves come off when those who want to protect and preserve take up arms against those who want to develop and build.

Author

John Galsworthy