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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 BarriePresented by:
Midnight (in association with Darbourne Luff)
Company:
DogOrangeDirector:
Matthew ParkerMusic:
Maria Haik EscuderoMusical Director:
Maria Haik EscuderoDesign:
Cherry TruluckLighting:
Gary BowmanSound(s):
Mike Thacker,
Andy GrahamCostume:
Penelope Watson