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Churchill Theatre
High Street
Bromley
Kent
BR1 1HA
BOX OFFICE:
(020) 8460 6677
(Bromley South BR Station)
The Green
Richmond,
Surrey
TW9
1QJ
BOX OFFICE: 0870
060 6651(transaction
fee applies)
Ticketmaster 0870
4000 868 (24 hr, bkg fee)
Richmond Theatre is on The Green,
a short walk from Richmond Station,
which is served
by South West, District and Silver Link trains
RICHMOND
Orange Tree Theatre
1 Clarence Street
Richmond
Surrey TW9 2SA
Tel: (020) 8940 0141 Box Office:
(020) 8940 3633 Fax: (020) 8332 0369
The Charity That Began At Home
By St. John Hankin Directed by Auriol Smith
Part
of the Orange Tree’s 40th Birthday Season
14 December – 4 February
Press
Night: Friday 16 December 7.45pm
Photocall: Weds 14 December 1.30pm
Longest-serving
Artistic Director in the UK Sam Walters celebrates 40 years at
the helm of Richmond’s Orange Tree Theatre this December and presents
this disarming 1905 social comedy from long-neglected Edwardian playwright St.
John Hankin.
A
conventional image of the Edwardian age in the years before the
First World War remains as that of the ‘long summer’, with ladies
in elegant hats and dresses parading on the lawns of country houses – an
England of peace, secure in its privileges. When Queen Victoria died in 1901,
Britain ruled the largest empire the world had ever seen: a quarter of the
world’s population was under British rule. But in a society where it was
said that 1% of the population owned 70% of the wealth, the rigidity of the
class system and its inequalities came under scrutiny by Harley Granville
Barker’s Court Theatre, which, inspired by Ibsen’s scandalising
plays cutting deep into the heart of the revered institution of the family,
became the leading avant-garde theatre in London. George Bernard Shaw commented
that the first season marked ‘the
most important event in the history of British stage since Shakespeare and
Burbage ran the Globe Theatre on Bankside.’
Very
much a part of this movement – The Charity that Began at Home
first played
at the Court Theatre in 1906 – St. John Hankin
was born in 1869 and his brief life encompassed a period of enormous change,
including the invention of electric light, motor cars, aeroplanes, the
underground railways, the vacuum cleaner, the refrigerator and early cinema. At
this time, playwrights Shaw, Ibsen, Pinero, Brieux and Granville Barker were
all challenging the content and form of dramatic literature.
The Charity That Began At Home
is about Lady Denison’s weekend party and her lesson in ‘beginning
one’s charity at home ‘. Inspired by guest My Hylton’s
‘Church of Humanity’ - that ‘false
hospitality is inviting people because you like them. True hospitality is
inviting them because they’d like to be asked’ – her
guests do not belong to the same rich, smart, upper class set. They’ve
been invited not in spite of but because of their surly manners, troubled pasts
and infuriating habits. This is a revealing look at the motives behind our
actions towards others and a commentary on the conventions of a good marriage,
a meek servant and the expectations of your class.
This is the third play by St. John Hankin
to be presented by the Orange Tree Theatre after The Return of the Prodigal and
The
Cassilis Engagement.
CAST
Oliver Gomm, Christopher Heyward,
Michael Kirk, Damien Matthews, Olivia Morgan, Chloe Rose, Michael Sadler,
Rebecca Saire, Rosemary Smith, Shuna
Snow, Paula Stockbridge, Philip York
CREATIVE
TEAM
Written by St. John Hankin | Directed by
Auriol Smith | Designed by Sam Dowson | Lighting by John Harris
Venue: Orange
Tree Theatre
Address: 1
Clarence Street, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 2SA
Dates: 14
December to 4 February 2012
Times: Mon
to Sat at 7.45pm, Sat mats at 3pm (not 17 Dec)
Thurs mats + discussion 2.30pm:
15, 22, 29 Dec and 5, 12, 19, 26 Jan
Additional Weds mat 2.30pm 28 Dec
Birthday performance Sat
31 Dec 7pm
Prices:
Mon, Sat mats & previews (1st Weds and Thurs): £14
(£12 concs)
Weekday mats (& post show discussion): £11
Tues, Weds & Thurs eves: £16 (£14 concs)
Fri: £18 (£16 concs)
Sat eves: £21
Limited £5 tickets for u26s
available on Thurs eves.
Audio described performances: Sat 14 Jan 3pm, Tues 17 Jan 7.45pm
Box Office: www.orangetreetheatre.co.uk
| 020 8940 3633 (open 10am to 7pm Mon to Sat)
Transport: Richmond
(District Line, London Overground and South West
Trains to/from
Waterloo)
Stephanie Potter
Marketing & Press
020 8940 0141
www.orangetreetheatre.co.uk
Box Office: 020 8940 3633
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Crooms Hill
London SE10
BOX OFFICE: (020)
8858 7755
(Greenwich
B.R. Station - 10 mins. from Charing Cross - 5 minutes walk to theatre)
The Galleon Theatre Company Ltd
GREENWICH PLAYHOUSE
Greenwich Station Forecourt
189 Greenwich High Road
London SE10, 8JA
Telephone: 020 8858
9256
E-Mail: BoxOffice@Galleontheatre.co.uk
Sell a
Door Theatre Company
Are proud to present….
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Based on Charles Dickens Novel
Adapted by David Hutchinson and
Anna Schneider
Multi award winning Sell
a Door Theatre Company return to the Greenwich Playhouse this festive
season with their heart-warming version of Charles Dickens’ A
Christmas Carol.
Ebenezer
Scrooge is the world’s most notorious miser, who even begrudges his staff
a day off at Christmas until he’s confronted by the spirits of Christmas;
Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Future. The most famous of
Christmas tales is the story of when grumpy
old Scrooge reluctantly journeyed into the past, pondered the present and
explored the future to discover the joys of Christmas.
Featuring some of the best-loved
Christmas carols, ghouls and a generous helping of festive cheer, this is a
show for all the family.
Sell a Door has a nationally renowned reputation
as a producer of high quality, dynamic theatre and our family show this year
mixes all the magic of Christmas with Dickens’ classic tale of good
verses greed.
Listing information
6th
December 2011 – 15th January 2012
Tuesday
– Saturday @ 19:30 | Sundays @ 16:00
(NO
PERFORMANCES ON 24th, 25th, 27th, 31st
Dec 2011 and 1st Jan 2012)
Tickets
£13, £10 (concession)
Box
Office: 020 8858 9256 | boxoffice@galleontheatre.co.uk |
www.galleontheatre.co.uk
GREENWICH
PLAYHOUSE, Greenwich Station Forecourt, 189 Greenwich High Road, London, SE10
8JA
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