Albion E-Book

Mike Bartlett

• Herausgeber: Nick Hern Books
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

'It's England really, isn't it? A climate without cloud and rain isn't honest.' In the ruins of a garden in rural England, in a house which was once a home, one woman searches for seeds of hope. Mike Bartlett's play Albion was premiered in October 2017 at the Almeida Theatre, London, in a production directed by Rupert Goold. It was revived at the Almeida in February 2020.

Leseprobe

Mike Bartlett

ALBION

NICK HERN BOOKS

London

www.nickhernbooks.co.uk

Contents

Original Production

Characters

Albion

About the Author

Copyright and Performing Rights Information

Albion was first performed at the Almeida Theatre, London, on 17 October 2017 (previews from 10 October), with the following cast:

EDWARD

Nigel Betts

KRYSTYNA

Edyta Budnik

WEATHERBURY/JAMES

Wil Coban

MATTHEW

Christopher Fairbank

AUDREY WALTERS

Victoria Hamilton

ZARA

Charlotte Hope

CHERYL

Margot Leicester

ANNA

Vinette Robinson

PAUL WALTERS

Nicholas Rowe

KATHERINE SANCHEZ

Helen Schlesinger

GABRIEL

Luke Thallon

Direction

Rupert Goold

Design

Miriam Buether

Lighting

Neil Austin

Sound

Gregory Clark

Movement Director

Rebecca Frecknall

Associate Movement Director

Gemma Payne

Casting

Amy Ball

Casting Assistant

Arthur Carrington

Resident Director

Tom Brennan

Costume Supervision

Anna Josephs

Dialect Coach

Charmian Hoare

The production was revived at the Almeida on 1 February 2020, with the following changes to the cast:

ANNA

Angel Coulby

ZARA

Daisy Edgar-Jones

GABRIEL

Dónal Finn

MATTHEW

Geoffrey Freshwater

Characters

AUDREY WALTERS, fifties

PAUL WALTERS, her second husband, early sixties

ZARA, her daughter, early twenties

ANNA, her son’s partner, thirties

KATHERINE SANCHEZ, her friend, fifties

EDWARD, a neighbour, mid-fifties

KRYSTYNA, a cleaner, early twenties

CHERYL, a cleaner, late sixties

MATTHEW, Cheryl’s husband, a gardener, late sixties

GABRIEL, a neighbour, nineteen

WEATHERBURY

JAMES

STANLEY

This ebook was created before the end of rehearsals and so may differ slightly from the play as performed.

Prologue

Elgar plays.

‘The Spirit of England Op.80 No. 3 – For The Fallen.’

WEATHERBURY, an army captain, returns to his garden, Albion, after service in the First World War.

He walks onto the empty patch of earth. It reminds him of the battlefield.

He looks around, then drinks out of his canteen.

He’s alone.

He crouches down. Takes a handful of soil. Lets it run through his fingers.

Blackout.

Music continues…