Details

Written 1997. A play about the poet A E Housman, auther of 'A Shropshire Lad'. Housman was also a great, though not well loved, classical scholar. Poetry, scholarship and love and entwined in this sympathetic view of a private life lived parallel to the public career of his near-contemporary Oscar Wilde. The story is not a literal biography. Winner of Best Play Award in the 1997 Evening Standard Awards.

Cast/Performers

Christopher Ravenscroft, Robin Laing, Clive Standen, Malcolm Rennie, Edward Bennett, Nia Gwynne, Timothy Kightley, Duncan Law, Donald McBride, Jonathan Newth, Oliver Senton, Luke Shaw, Peter Shorey

Creatives/Company

Author: Tom Stoppard
Producer: Salisbury Playhouse
Director: Richard Beecham
Design: Liz Cooke
Sound: Matthew Bugg
Music: Matthew Bugg
Lighting: Simon Macer