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The Best of Friends archiveSir Sydney Cockerell, curator of the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge, George Bernard Shaw, Nobel Prize winning author, and Benedictine nun, Dame Laurentia McLachlan were close friends throughout their lives. Their letters and essays have been woven into an unusual play about friendship, love of learning, and the inquiring mind s incessant search for answers to the big questions.

Creatives/Company

Author: Hugh Whitemore (from writings of Dame Laurentia McLachlan and Sir Sydney Cockerell and George Bernard Shaw)

Archive listings for The Best of Friends

Work type: Play.

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Director James Roose-Evans. Design Simon Higlett. Lighting Ben Ormerod. Sound John Leonard. Performer Patricia Routledge (Dame Laurentia McLachlan). Performer Michael Pennington (Sir Sydney Cockerell). Performer Roy Dotrice (George Bernard Shaw).
8 May 06 to 13 May 06Richmond Theatre, Outer London :: V327
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1 May 06 to 6 May 06Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford :: V702
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24 Apr 06 to 29 Apr 06Theatre Royal, Brighton :: V657
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10 Apr 06 to 15 Apr 06Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes :: V754
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3 Apr 06 to 8 Apr 06Theatre Royal, Bath :: V854
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2 Mar 06 to 1 Apr 06Hampstead Theatre, Inner London :: V202
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Other listings

25 Aug 15 to 29 Aug 15Brighton Little Theatre, Brighton :: V660
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