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Mary Rose archiveA deeply unsettling play about the abduction of a girl in 1890 and her reappearance twenty-five years later. When Barrie came to write Mary Rose in the aftermath of WW1, his own awareness of a tragic tension between time and timelessness had become a nation's. The play examines a central nerve at the time of children not returning or missing presumed dead and touches on many of Barrie's obsessions; the loss of innocence, eternal youth and the tricks of time. Described as a play about the happy anguish of peace, this is a spiritual, deeply disturbing piece. The Great War is over. A soldier returns to his childhood home. It is derelict. As he sits in silence, Time dissolves and 'the crafty work begins'. Mary Rose has been described as a much darker companion to Peter Pan. Peter it will be remembered, would not grow up. Mary Rose cannot.

Cast/Performers

Kim Gerard, Michael Mackenzie, Una McLean, John Ramage, Anne Kidd

Creatives/Company

Author: J M Barrie
Producer: Royal Lyceum Edinburgh
Director: Tony Cownie
Design: Neil Murray

Mary Rose

Mary Rose (Play) production archive for QTIX code T1509652245. Details of all Mary Rose archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S4172

Archive Listings

24 Oct 08
  to
15 Nov 08
Royal Lyceum Theatre
Edinburgh
Performance Details => Venue archive

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