Details

Another Romeo and another Juliet in a strikingly different love story. Shakespeare's language resonates through this account of an older couple whose lifetime of love is under threat. Ben Power has woven the text of Romeo and Juliet into a provocative new tale of a love that fears no challenge. Re-imagining some of Shakespeare's greatest poetry with an uncommon boldness, A Tender Thing is an elegiac yet ultimately hopeful account of the depth and power of the human capacity for love.

Cast/Performers

Kathryn Hunter, Richard McCabe

Creatives/Company

Author: Ben Power
Company: Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Helena Kaut-Howson
Design(s): Neil Murray, Jacques Collin (video)
Lighting: Vince Herbert
Music: John Woolf
Sound: Mike Compton