Details

A deeply unsettling play about the abduction of a girl in 1890 and her reappearance twenty-five years later. When Barrie came to write Mary Rose in the aftermath of WW1, his own awareness of a tragic tension between time and timelessness had become a nation's. The play examines a central nerve at the time of children not returning or missing presumed dead and touches on many of Barrie's obsessions; the loss of innocence, eternal youth and the tricks of time. Described as a play about the happy anguish of peace, this is a spiritual, deeply disturbing piece. The Great War is over. A soldier returns to his childhood home. It is derelict. As he sits in silence, Time dissolves and 'the crafty work begins'. Mary Rose has been described as a much darker companion to Peter Pan. Peter it will be remembered, would not grow up. Mary Rose cannot. Running time: 2hrs 30mins. This is a ghost story but suitable for ages 11+.

Cast/Performers

Jessie Cave (Mary Rose)

Creatives/Company

Author: J M Barrie
Presented by: Midnight (in association with Darbourne Luff)
Company: DogOrange
Director: Matthew Parker
Music: Maria Haik Escudero
Musical Director: Maria Haik Escudero
Design: Cherry Truluck
Lighting: Gary Bowman
Sound(s): Mike Thacker, Andy Graham
Costume: Penelope Watson