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The Beautiful People refuse to play by the rules of a wicked world, steadfastly preserving their enchanted and - at times illegal - innocence, by any means necessary. A philosophical father, a one-word boy novelist, and blessed Saint Agnes of the Mice battle the breaking of dreams, accompanied by a ghostly cornet player, a nostalgic clerk, an octogenarian drunk, a drunken priest, an almost-mother, and several literate vermin. Cheques are stolen from a dead man. Mice are daringly rescued by a poet. Strangers become family. The prodigal son returns. And lost loves are finally and forever found. At the time of its publication, Saroyan wrote: "Putting on this play was the happiest experience in the theatre I have ever known.". A Broadway hit in 1941, The Beautiful People has been unseen in London since 1956. Performance length appox. 2 hours

Creatives/Company

Author: William Saroyan
Producer: Snakebit Theatricals (in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre)
Director: Mel Cook