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CHURCHILL THEATRE

Churchill Theatre

High Street

Bromley

Kent

BR1  1HA

BOX OFFICE:  (020) 8460  6677

www.churchilltheatre.co.uk

(Bromley South BR Station)

 

 


RICHMOND THEATRE

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

 

 


THE ORANGE TREE THEATRE

RICHMOND

Orange Tree Theatre

1 Clarence Street

Richmond

Surrey TW9 2SA

Tel: (020) 8940 0141 Box Office: (020) 8940 3633 Fax: (020) 8332 0369

www.orangetreetheatre.co.uk

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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GREENWICH THEATRE

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

www.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.

 

Text Box: ress ReleaseEbenezer 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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