The Silver Cord

Tour synopsis, cast & creatives

Both a classic comedy of manners and a powerful Freudian insight into motherhood, family dysfunction and power. Boston, Massachusetts, 1925. Wealthy widow, Mrs Phelps, is determined her two grown-up sons, David and Robert, will never leave her. Overbearing, suffocating and clingy, she expects to control every important decision for them. And when both sons announce their intention to get married, Mrs Phelps is determined to put a stop to it. When the two young couples arrive at the family home, they come face to face with a mother who in the course of just 24 hours will stop at nothing to ensure she always remains the most important person in her sons' lives... First London production since 1927.

Cast/Performers

Jemma Carlton, Dario Coates, Alix Dunmore, Sophie Ward, George Watkins

Creatives/Company

Author: Sidney Howard
Presented by: Andrew Mauder (in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre)
Director(s): Joe Harmston, Joe Harmston, Declan Walker (casting)
Design: Alex Marker
Lighting: Mike Robertson
Costume: Carla Evans
Sound: Amanda Priestley
Producer: Andrew Maunder