Details

Mr Voysey is a wealthy, successful solicitor. When his son and heir Edward makes a shocking discovery, he confronts his father who tries to convince Edward to 'be a man' about the situation. This family saga is a stinging attack on Edwardian bourgeois society and the moral duplicity that lay behind the accumulation of its wealth. Running time 2 hours 55 mins (20 minute interval)

Cast/Performers

David Baron (company), Lucy Briers (Honor Voysey), Kirsty Bushell (Mrs Hugh Voysey - Beatrice), Claire Cox (Alice Maitland), Max Dowler (Company), William Ellis (Denis Tregoning), Christopher Gilling (Company), Julian Glover (Mr Voysey), Martin Hutson (Hugh Voysey), Helen Lindsay (Mrs Voysey), Sarah Mowat (Mrs Booth Voysey - Emily), John Nettleton (Mr Booth), John Normington (Peacey), Sinead O'Keeffe (Company), Claudia Renton (Ethel Voysey), Anna Steel (Mary), Roger Swaine (The Rev. Evan Colpus), Mary Tandy (Trenchard Voysey), Dominic West (Edward Voysey), Julia West (Phoebe), Andrew Woodall (Major Booth Voysey), Cameron Cleaver (Christopher Voysey), David Perkins (Christopher Voysey)

Creatives/Company

Author: Harley Granville Barker
Producer: National Theatre
Director: Peter Gill
Design: Alison Chitty
Lighting: Hartley T A Kemp
Music: Terry Davies