Details

The Best of Friends archiveSir Sydney Cockerell, curator of the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge, George Bernard Shaw, Nobel Prize winning author, and Benedictine nun, Dame Laurentia McLachlan were close friends throughout their lives. Their letters and essays have been woven into an unusual play about friendship, love of learning, and the inquiring mind s incessant search for answers to the big questions.

Cast/Performers

Patricia Routledge (Dame Laurentia McLachlan), Michael Pennington (Sir Sydney Cockerell), Roy Dotrice (George Bernard Shaw)

Creatives/Company

Author: Hugh Whitemore (from writings of Dame Laurentia McLachlan and Sir Sydney Cockerell and George Bernard Shaw)
Director: James Roose-Evans
Design: Simon Higlett
Lighting: Ben Ormerod
Sound: John Leonard

The Best of Friends

The Best of Friends (Play) production archive for QTIX code T0546196007. Details of all The Best of Friends archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S01529721800

Archive Listings

8 May 06
  to
13 May 06
Richmond Theatre
Outer London, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive
1 May 06
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6 May 06
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
Guildford, Surrey
Performance Details => Venue archive
24 Apr 06
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29 Apr 06
Theatre Royal
Brighton, East Sussex
Performance Details => Venue archive
10 Apr 06
  to
15 Apr 06
Milton Keynes Theatre
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Performance Details => Venue archive
3 Apr 06
  to
8 Apr 06
Theatre Royal
Bath, Bath & North East Somerset
Performance Details => Venue archive
2 Mar 06
  to
1 Apr 06
Hampstead Theatre
Inner London, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

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