Chains of Dew

WEDNESDAY 12 MARCH - SATURDAY 26 APRIL

Directed by Kate Saxon

Designed by Tim Meacock
Lighting by Leanne Simmonds

The British premiere of a play first produced in 1922 by the Provincetown Players. A tale of poetry, birth control and bobbed hair by one of America's finest writers.

Seymore Standish, poet, lives in Bluff City, where bridge and golf hold sway and where the League for Birth Control has not even a foothold. He yearns for the bohemia and bright lights of the City. Will the liberal intelligentsia of New York manage to lure him away from his boring banking life? When his New York friends turn up on his doorstep, the two worlds collide, and the dull domesticity of Bluff City is disrupted as Vestry meetings give way to discussions on Birth Control.

However, Seymour's wife and mother have surprises in store for both husbands and friends. And maybe there's more to Seymour than meets the eye.

A witty and surprising comedy by the author of The Verge and Inheritors.

Cast includes: David Annen, Lisa Armytage, Alister Cameron, Nancy Crane, Charles Daish, Pia de Keyser, Ruth Everett, Gwynfor Jones, Katie McGuinness and Helen Ryan.

Reviews of Chains of Dew (follow links in box above left to see whole reviews):

'The Orange Tree Theatre has struck gold in its tireless quest to unearth forgotten marvels' (Dominic Cavendish, The Daily Telegraph)

'This is a genuine find' **** (Tim Auld, The Sunday Telegraph)

'Trenchant and delightful comedy' **** (Paul Taylor, The Independent)

'Another gem' (John Thaxter, The Stage)

'A production that is a total pleasure to watch' (Gerald Berkowitz, TheatreguideLondon)

'Brilliantly witty and biting', (Sam Marlowe, The Times)