Details

The first of Trollope's much-loved Barsetshire chronicles, The Warden tells the story of a decent man, the Reverend Septimus Harding, caught between powerful conflicting forces: conscience versus duty, reform versus entrenched tradition, public disclosure versus individual privacy. The themes still resonate today - the power of an uncontrolled press, nepotism and corruption in high places, abuse of privilege, hypocrisy, resistance to change. Trollope brings to these weighty matters a gentle humour, a sense of fairness and a love story too, with Harding's daughter, Eleanor. Torn between her love for her father, and her love for the man who is the cause of his problems.

Cast/Performers

Simon Brandon (Tom Towers / Matthews Spriggs), James Butler (John Bold), Laura Hanna (Eleanor Harding), Bryan Hands (Bishop Grantly / Jonathan Crumple), Andrew McRobb (Joe Skulpit), Semane Parsons (Mary Bold), Lindsey Readman (Susan Grantly), Roger Sansom (Bunce / Sir Abraham Haphazard), Tim Thomas (Septimus Harding), Andrew Wickes (Theophilus Grantly), Jonson Wilkinson (Abel Handy)

Creatives/Company

Author: Anthony Trollope
Company: Traffic of the Stage
Director: Harry Meacher
Design: Bryan Hands