HAMPSTEAD THEATRE AND OUT OF JOINT PRESENT

ANDERSEN'S ENGLISH

By SEBASTIAN BARRY
Directed by MAX STAFFORD-CLARK

Main Stage

7 Apr - 8 May 2010

Box Office: 020 7722 9301

Details

Celebrated children’s writer Hans Christian Andersen arrives, unannounced, for a stay at Gad’s Hill Place in the Kent marshes – home to Charles Dickens and his large, charismatic family.

To the lonely and eccentric guest, the members of Dickens’ household seem to live a life of unreachable bliss. But with his broken English, Andersen doesn’t at first see the tensions within the family: undeclared passions, a son sent to fight in India, and a growing strangeness at the heart of Dickens’ marriage.

Sebastian Barry’s novel The Secret Scripture won the 2008 Costa prize, and he has been twice shortlisted for the Booker prize. His plays include the international hit The Steward of Christendom, Our Lady of Sligo and Hinterland.

Cast

Artistic team

WRITER

SEBASTIAN BARRY

DIRECTOR

MAX STAFFORD-CLARK

DESIGNER

LUCY OSBORNE

LIGHTING

TIM BRAY

SOUND

CAROLYN DOWNING

MUSICAL DIRECTOR

JULIAN LITTMAN

 

CAST

NIAMH CUSACK

LISA KERR

ALASTAIR MAYOR

KATHRYN O'REILLY

DAVID RINTOUL

DANNY SAPANI

LORNA STUART

Video and Image Gallery

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KEEPING YOU SAFE AT HAMPSTEAD

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RESPECT PERSONAL SPACE

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STATE OF THE ART VENTILATION

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CONTACTLESS TICKETS

8 HAND SANITIZING STATIONS 2

HAND SANITISING STATIONS

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