A woman sits against a panelled background, on the second half of the image a man stands holding a book

TERENCE RATTIGAN SUMMER 1954

Table Number Seven & The Browning Version
Tue 12 - Sat 16 November 2024
Tickets £25-£45*

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Summer, 1954. The atmosphere at The Beauregard Private Hotel, Bournemouth is marked by a blend of repressed emotions and post-war gentility. Each of the staff and guests has their own reason for seeking the solace of quiet anonymity, but trying to hide from the social and cultural change sweeping over the country is proving impossible.

Meanwhile, in the heart of the Midlands, the end of the school term brings to a climax the intrigues, deceptions and lies in the lives of its teachers. The ensuing implosion of classicist Andrew Crocker Harris' career triggers the collapse of his marriage. 

Britain is changing. Nothing will ever be the same again.

Terence Rattigan’s one act masterpieces Table Number Seven (from Separate Tables) and The Browning Version are paired for the first time, capturing one quietly momentous evening seventy years ago. Together, they confirm Rattigan as one of the great twentieth century chroniclers of the paradoxes of the human heart.

Directed by Olivier and UK Theatre Award winner James Dacre, featuring an ensemble cast of Nathaniel Parker, Siân Phillips, Lolita Chakrabarti, Alexandra Dowling, Angela Jones, Jeremy Neumark Jones, Simon Coates, Richenda Carey, Kishore Walker, Pamela Miles, Fiona Tong Rosalind Lailey and Bertie Hawes.

Running Time

Approx. 2 hours 30 minutes inc. interval

General Guidance

TBC

Age Guidance

TBC

Tickets

Tuesday – Saturday, 7.30pm
and Thursday & Saturday, 2.30pm:
£25/£35/£40/£45*

*All ticket prices include a £3 per ticket booking fee

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Nathaniel Parker (Major Pollock/Andrew Cocker-Harris)
Siân Phillips (Mrs Railton-Bell)
Lolita Chakrabarti (Miss Cooper/Millie Crocker-Harris)
Alexandra Dowling (Sybil Railton-Bell)
Richenda Carey (Miss Meacham)
Simon Coates (Mr Fowler/Dr Frobisher)
Pamela Miles (Lady Matheson)
Jeremy Neumark Jones (Charles Stratton/Frank Hunter)
Angela Jones (Jean Stratton)
Kishore Walker (Peter Gilbert)
Fiona Tong (Mabel)
Rosalind Lailey (Doreen/Mrs Gilbert)
Bertie Hawes (John Taplow)

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