PRODUCTIONS

by Christopher Fry
Finborough Theatre, SW5
17th April - 12th May 2007

"Now, no poetics Tyson. Blow your nose and avoid lechery."

England, 1400. Thomas Mendip, a discharged soldier weary of the world and eager to leave it, comes to a small town, announces he has committed murder and demands to be hanged. Much to his annoyance, the town’s Mayor and his officials oppose his request and instead are determined to hang Jennet, an attractive woman accused of witchcraft. Amidst the confusion of a local wedding and the dilemma of who will or won’t be hanged in the morning, an unlikely wooing takes place…

Originally produced in the West End 1949 with John Gielgud, Richard Burton and Claire Bloom, the production transferred to Broadway and won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. On the centenary of Christopher Fry’s birth, this production was the first major London revival since the Old Vic’s much-lauded production in1978 starring Derek Jacobi and Eileen Atkins.