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A Dream Play
by August Strindberg
in a new version by Caryl Churchill
with additional material by Katie Mitchell and the company
‘Everything can happen, everything is possible and probable. Time and place do not exist.’
Strindberg in his preface to A Dream Play, 1901
A dream about a girl from another world who comes to find out why people complain so much. Strindberg’s groundbreaking experiment in surrealism is performed at the National in a new version by Caryl Churchill.
A collaboration between the National Theatre and Tate Modern.
Joint ticket £30 When you book for A Dream Play and the August Strindberg exhibition at the same time.
Cast credits:
: Mark Arends
: Anastasia Hille
: Kristin Hutchinson
: Sean Jackson
: Charlotte Roach
: Dominic Rowan
: Justin Salinger
: Susie Trayling
: Lucy Whybrow
: Angus Wright
: Music played live by
Music Director/ keyboards : Paul Higgs
violin : Joe Townsend
viola : Katja Mervola
cello : Penny Bradshaw
Production credits:
Director: Katie Mitchell
Designer: Vicki Mortimer
Lighting Designer: Chris Davey
Choreographer: Kate Flatt
Musical Director: Simon Allen
Sound Designer: Christopher Shutt
photo (On Being an Angel) by Francesca Woodman, courtesy George & Betty Woodman
A Dream Play finished on: 11 May 2005
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