A DAY BY THE SEA
Finborough Theatre, London, in association with Oystercatcher.
The first revival in over fifty years of this play by N. C. Hunter, the ‘English Chekhov’. A Day by the Sea was the play that John Gielgud was performing, in 1953, when his arrest for lewd behaviour occurred. The events surrounding Gielgud’s arrest were explored in a new play by Nicolas de Jongh, Plague of England, and A Day by the Sea and Plague Over England were part of a joint project created by the Finborough Theatre.
‘Tom Cooper’s remarkable production…’
- Patrick O’Connor, Times Literary Supplement
‘sensitive and refreshing to watch…. subtly restrained… A Day by the Sea is an interesting play to go and see…Historically speaking, it is the bridge that connects the happy-go-lucky era of Rattigan and Coward plays with the raging kitchen sink writing of the 50s, kicked off with John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger.’
- Tanith Lindon, Extra! Extra!
Cast:
Juliet Aykroyd
David Barnaby
Christie Galvin-Law
Daniel Galvin-Law
William Maxwell
Hayward Morse
Stephen Omer
Lucy Russell
Andrew P Stephen
Romy Tennant
Director: Tom Cooper
Set and costume design: Mike Lees
Lighting design: Vivienne Clavering
Music and sound design: Joe Hood
Assistant Director: Ellen McDougall
Stage Manager: Jessica Weller
Producer: Neil McPherson
Associate Producer: James Murray
Photographs: Tom Cooper