The Invention of Love

Tour synopsis, cast & creatives

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)

Creatives/Company

Author: Tom Stoppard
Producer: Hampstead Theatre
Director: Blanche McIntyre
Design: Morgan Large
Lighting: Peter Mumford
Sound: Max Pappenheim

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Production details for The Invention of Love

This production is on at one venue in Inner London.

Dates for The Invention of Love (Play) tour

Wed, 4th December 2024 to Sat, 25th January 2025
Hampstead Theatre, Inner London»

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