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The people and history of a country house. A dazzling elaborate comedy of ideas. This is Stoppard of 'Jumpers' and 'Travesties' fixed by sublime abstraction and human absurdity. The plot revolves on a scandal that rocked the household of Lady Croom almost 200 years ago: a sexual liaison, possibly involving Lord Byron and resulting in a fatal duel. But did events really take place as they seem, and how does the Croom's handsome and dashing young tutor and his brilliant pupil Thomasina fit into the story? All will be revealed or will it? First performed at the National Theatre in 1993, this is a dazzling comedy of ideas.
Performers Dakota Blue Richards (Thomasina Coverly), Wilf Scolding (Septimus), Kirsty Besterman (Lady Croom), Robert Cavanah (Bernard Nightingale), David Mara (Jellaby), flora Montgomery (Hannah Jarvis), Ria Zmitrowicz (Chloe Coverly), Ed McArthur (Valentine), Charlie Manton (Gus/Augustus), Tom Greaves (Captain Brice), Larrington Walker (Richard Noakes), Nakay Kpaka (Ezra).
Author Tom Stoppard. Company English Touring Theatre. Producer Theatre Royal Brighton Productions. Director Blanche McIntyre.