They Came to a City

Archive Listings for They Came to a City

T1643383797 (SOUTHWARKPL11) Running time: 90mins with an interval.Company New Actors Company. Director Robert Laycock. Design Mike Lees. Performer Charlotte Donachie. Performer Jessica Francis. Performer Sarah Moss. Performer Jean Perkins. Performer James Robinson. Performer Tom Miller. Performer Daniel Souter. Performer Thomas Shirley. Performer Amanda Osborne.
3 May 11 to 28 May 11	Southwark Playhouse, Inner London :: V226 listing details L0259291068
T1379995231 (BARON07) Company Kensington Drama Company.
27 Mar 07 to 31 Mar 07	Barons Court Theatre, Inner London :: V169 listing details L1110503574
T453888071 (BEDWORTH05) Company Bedworth Theatre Company.
11 Nov 05 to 12 Nov 05	Abbey Theatre and Arts Centre, Nuneaton :: V1009 listing details L02097779938
T1672910623 (SWINDONART05) Company Western Players.
2 Mar 05 to 5 Mar 05	Swindon Arts Centre, Swindon :: V927 listing details L1845285974
T2042851385 (T48) Company Theatre 48.
17 Jun 99 to 19 Jun 99	Capitol Horsham (formally Horsham Arts Centre), Horsham :: V723 listing details L0828468153

Details

Play :: In 1943 J. B. Priestley wrote They Came to a City as a means of scrutinizing attitudes to the post war world. He recognised that through this horrific period in our history it may be possible for positive change to arise if the social will was there. Nine characters, all from different social backgrounds are taken out of their lives and placed outside the walls of a strange city. Still unsure whether they are dead or simply dreaming, the great doors to the city open and these very different people enter into a civilisation free from disparity and injustice. We learn very quickly however, that utopian equality is not everybody’s idea of a perfect world.

Author

J B Priestley