Details

"Who are you? I know your voice. I hear it in the wind. I hear it in the silence of the night. Who...Who are you?" Christmas in London, 1907. Mrs. Sharpe's squalid Bloomsbury boarding house plays host to some unscrupulous residents. Vivian is being forced to marry a man she doesn't love, Harry's musical career is a laughing-stock, Jape is plotting to swindle the next man he meets, while Stasia, the maid, has almost been forgotten. So their lives go on, until the sudden arrival of a mysterious stranger in search of a room... Described by its author as "an idle fancy", the mystical and mysterious The Passing of the Third Floor Back was one of the longest running West End and Broadway hits of its time. The original stage production and silent film version starred the greatest Hamlet of his day - Sir Johnson Forbes-Robertson. In 1935, it was adapted for film again to great acclaim, starring silent screen icon Conrad Veidt (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari).

Cast/Performers

Benjamin Chandler (Harry Larkom), Ella Dunlop (Stasia), Alexander Knox (Stranger), Anna Mottram (Mrs Sharpe), Paddy Navin (Miss Kite), Graham Pountney (Major Tompkins), Claire Redcliffe (Vivian Tompkins), Carmen Rodriguez (Mrs Percival De Hooley), Richard Stirling (Alick McGillivray), Caroline Wildi (Mrs Tompkins), Matthew Winters (Christopher Penny), Edward Wolstenholme (Joey Wright)

Creatives/Company

Author: Jerome K. Jerome
Producer: NorthSEE Theatre (in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre)
Director: Jonny Kelly
Design: Jasmine Swan
Lighting: Robbie Butler
Music: Emma Murton