The Southbury Child
Cast: 6f 3m
Staging: Single interior (vicarage kitchen)
Amateur rights performance fee: £85 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)
16 Jun 2022Size: 198mm x 129mm
16 Jun 2022Size: 297mm x 210mm
16 Jun 2022
The Southbury Child
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Raffish, urbane and frequently drunk, David Highland has kept a grip on his remote coastal parish through a combination of disordered charm and high-handed determination.
When his faith impels him to take a hard line with a bereaved parishioner, he finds himself dangerously isolated from public opinion. As his own family begins to fracture, David must face a future that threatens to extinguish not only his position in the town, but everything he stands for.
Stephen Beresford's play The Southbury Child is a darkly comic drama exploring family and community, the savage divisions of contemporary society, and the rituals that punctuate our lives. It was co-produced by Chichester Festival Theatre and the Bridge Theatre, London, in 2022, starring Alex Jennings and directed by Nicholas Hytner.
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'Hugely cathartic, this is the play of the year so far... blissfully funny and ineffably touching... a heaven-sent new play'
Telegraph'A rare and heartfelt portrait of post-Christian Britain'
The Times'Electrifying, bristling with wit and ideas... Can almost be considered as a companion piece to Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem, exploring some of the same themes in a similar setting, a clash of local cultures embedded within a fracturing national culture'
Broadway World'Beautifully crafted... Beresford has captured a moment of change in our time... It's a cracking state of the nation piece'
WhatsOnStage'A fine new play to soothe the soul and mend the heart... Beresford plumbs the deepest human feelings [with] a scene of savage beauty I'll never forget'
Mail on Sunday'An impressive state-of-the-nation play... Chekhovian in intensity... deeply moving, with some fabulously funny lines, while a succession of twists ensures the drama never drops'
The Stage'Painfully funny.... properly laugh-out-loud character comedy that gets near the knuckle and stays there... the best West Country drama I've seen since Jerusalem'
Time OutCast: 6f 3m
Staging:Single interior (vicarage kitchen)
Amateur rights performance fee: £85 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)
16 Jun 2022Size: 198mm x 129mm
16 Jun 2022Size: 297mm x 210mm
16 Jun 2022
