Performance

VenueJermyn Street Theatre
TownInner London
CountyGreater London
From4th September 2019
To5th October 2019
WhenMon-Sat 19:30. Tue, Sat Mats 15:30
What is currently on at Jermyn Street Theatre (V207)

For Services Rendered

For Services RenderedT467924423
Fifteen years after Armistice day Leonard Ardsley remarks: "I think the world is turning the corner... This old England of ours isn't done yet." Written in 1932, For Services Rendered poignantly dramatises provincial middle class English life in the depression after the Great War. Set in the picturesque Kentish village of Rambleton, it becomes a metaphor for the shattering effect of the Great War on British society. Written by a man who experienced first hand the horrors of this catastrophic conflict whilst serving as part of an ambulance unit behind Allied lines, the play asks what has happened to "the land fit for heroes' promised by Lloyd George. This scathing anti-comedy was described in 1932 by the Daily Express as: "a play of malevolent propaganda". It is now recognised as the dramatic masterpiece of one of the 20th century's most successful writers of prose and drama.
Author Somerset Maugham


Archive :: production:T467924423, play:S0731314453, venue:V207

Production details

Part of The Memories Season

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Company

Director Tom Littler
Design Louie Whitemore
Costume Emily Stuart
Lighting Ali Hunter
Sound Yvonne Gilbert
Performer Jotham Annan (Collie Stratton)
Performer Burt Caesar (Howard Bartlett)
Performer Sally Cheng (Lois Ardsley)
Performer Richard Derrington (Leonard Ardsley)
Performer Jim Findley (Dr Prentice)
Performer Diane Fletcher (Charlotte Ardsley)
Performer Aoife Kennan (Gertrude)
Performer Michael Lumsden (Wilfred Cedar)
Performer Rachel Pickup (Eva Ardsley)
Performer Viss Elliott Safavi (Gwen Cedar)
Performer Leah Whitaker (Ethel Bartlett)
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