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The Invention of Love
Information for The Invention of Love at Hampstead Theatre, Inner London (Play). Written 1997. A play about the poet A E Housman, auther of 'A Shropshire Lad'. Housman was also a great, though not well loved, classical scholar. Poetry, scholarship and love and entwined in this sympathetic view of a private life lived parallel to the public career of his near-contemporary Oscar Wilde. The story is not a literal biography. Winner of Best Play Award in the 1997 Evening Standard Awards.
Age Advisory: contains references to suicide and the use of homophobic language. There is also discussion of juvenile prostitution

Cast/Performers

Simon Russell Beale (A E Housman), Dickie Beau (Oscar Wilde), Stephen Boxer (Dr Jowett / Labouchere), Jonnie Broadbent (Pater / Harris), Seamus Dillane (Pollard), Florence Dobson (Katharine Housman), Peter Landi (Pattison / Postgate), Ben Lloyd-Hughes (Jackson), Michael Marcus (Chamberlain / Ellis), Dominic Rowan (Juskin / Stead / Jermone K Jerome), Matthew Tennyson (Housman), Alan Williams (Charon)

Creatives/Company

Author: Tom Stoppard
Producer: Hampstead Theatre
Director(s): Blanche McIntyre, Polly Bennett (movement), Matt Dann (assistant), Anna Cooper (CDG - casting)
Design: Morgan Large
Lighting: Peter Mumford
Sound: Max Pappenheim
Production Manager: David Pritchard
Stage Manager(s): Alison Rankin, Fiona Bardsley (deputy), Bethany Jefferies (assistant)
 

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The Invention of Love

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Wednesday, 4th December 2024 to Saturday, 1st February 2025. Open 16th Dec 24.
19:30. Dec 16 at 19:00. Sat Mats 14:30 (from Dec 14)
21 January 2025 19:30 - Captioned
25 January 2025 14:30 - Audio Described


This performance is at Hampstead Theatre (Michael Frayn Space/Hampstead Downstairs)
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The Invention of Love at Hampstead Theatre, Inner LondonQTix Codes:
Listing: L080042766
Production: T0603952501
Event: S3739
Venue: V202

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