Brief Encounter

Details

Coward's great tale of illicit love adapted from the 1946 film by David Lean. Set in the winter of 1938-39, it tells of Laura, an ordinary respectable housewife, and Alec, a doctor. Both are middle class and married (happily, they believe) to other people, when, after a chance meeting at Milford Junction Train Station, where Alec gallantly remove a piece of grit from Laura's eye, they embark on a 6-week affair. Your heart will lift at their new-found love and sink again as they struggle against their feelings to deny their destiny together - and the stirring up of countless memories of a true classic in the history of British film.

Cast/Performers

Laura Lake Adebisi (Laura Jesson), Oliver Aston (Stanley / Johnnie), Charles Angiama (Albert Godby / Fred), Max Gallagher (Bobbie / Bill / Stephen Lynn), Hanna Khogali (Beryl / Dolly), Callum McIntyre (Alec Harvey), Kate Milner-Evans (Myrtle Bagot)

Creatives/Company

Author: Noel Coward
Adapted by: Emma Rice
Director(s): Robert Kirby, Anjali Mehra (movement director)
Design: Harry Pizzey
Lighting: Ali Hunter
Music: Eamonn O'Dwyer
Musical Director: Eamonn O'Dwyer
Sound: Ruth Sullivan (Foley Sound Consultant)