The Forsyte Saga: Parts 1 & 2
Written by John Galsworthy. Adapted by Shaun McKenna & Lin Coghlan
Cast
Emma Amos, Paul Carroll, Fiona Hampton, Nigel Hastings, Michael Lumsden, Abigail Mahony, Joseph Millson, Florence Roberts, Andy Rush, Flora Spencer-Longhurst & Jamie Wilkes.
Director Josh Roche
Set & Costume Designer Anna Yates
Movement Director Patrice Bowler
Lighting Designer Alex Musgrave
Composer & Sound Designer Max Pappenheim
Associate Composer & Sound Designer Joseff Harris
Voice & Dialect Paula Stephens
Assistant Director Sara Amini
Additional Casting Matthew Dewsbury CDG
Fight Consultant Haruka Kuroda
★★★★★
‘Sumptuous, panoramic, intense…a masterpiece.’ - The Times
‘The stage equivalent of a box-set binge.' - Financial Times
1886. The Empire is at its peak. Business is good for the Forsytes. Over sixty years they have invested, acquired and saved their way towards wealth. But the Forsyte lust for ownership is relentless.
Soames’ possessive love for his wife Irene shatters their marriage. Her break for freedom triggers events which reverberate down the generations.
John Galsworthy’s Nobel-winning saga about love, ownership and the end of Empire is retold by Shaun McKenna and Lin Coghlan across two plays, spanning over 40 years from 1886 to 1927.
Josh Roche revives his acclaimed, two-part production, The Forsyte Saga Part 1: Irene and The Forsyte Saga Part 2: Fleur, with Fiona Hampton, Joseph Millson and Flora Spencer-Longhurst reprising their roles as Irene, Soames and Fleur.
Experience the thrilling saga in the Swan Theatre this winter, best enjoyed in one epic day, across two separate days, or equally as sensational as complete, stand-alone plays.
Production images by Cam Harle.
