Keepers of the Flame
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Keepers
of the Flame, a new play by Sean O'Brien. Live Theatre, in
association with the Royal Shakespeare Company, 4th to 30th November, 2003. Box
Office, 01912321232
(Part of the RSC Newcastle Season - 4th
November to 6th December 2003)
Richard Jameson was an extreme right-wing
English poet of the 1930s. A member of the British Fascist Party, he narrowly
escaped execution in World War Two. Jameson is now and old widower living in
the ruins of a great house on the Northumberland coast, writing his memoirs and
awaiting death. But enemies past and present are closing in...a grim, exciting
tale of love, death, art and politics. |
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Publicity Announcement from Live
Theatre:
Hello from Live Theatre!
As the summer makes a final curtain bow, autumn has
arrived at Live with a wide range of theatre, comedy and music to keep you
entertained over the coming months.
Alan Howard performs at Live Theatre
We are really pleased to be able to announce that
Alan Howard, one of the country's finest and longest serving actors is
to play the lead role in our main autumn production, Keepers of the Flame
written by Sean O'Brien. Alan has been an actor for over 45 years and has
appeared in over 30 productions with the RSC. His most recent TV appearance was
during the August bank holiday in the BBC's adaptation of PD James' Death By
Holy Orders. Also appearing in this new play, which is being co-produced by
the Royal Shakespeare Company, will be actors well known to many of you;
Trevor Fox - too many Live credits to mention! - but recently, Double
Lives, ne1 and Bones, Deka Walmsley, last seen in 2002
in both Bones and NOIR and Donald McBride who also has a
long association with Live, last seen in Tales From The Backyard and
The Last Post . Also appearing will be David Rintoul who is
currently starring in the new ITV drama Sweet Medicine.
Keepers of the Flame
Presented by Live Theatre & the RSC
Written by Sean O'Brien
Directed by Max Roberts
When you bargain with the devil there's a high
price to pay.
In pre-war Britain the spectre of a chilling
national 'idealism' is rising and people are taking sides. A young poet,
Richard Jameson, falls in love and is caught up in a powerful struggle which
will cost him everything - fame, freedom, happiness and poetry itself. Fifty
years on, Jameson is haunted by the past. In the seclusion of his remote
outpost, guilt by association and the memories of a betrayal too terrible to
name flood back as he waits for absolution or death.
Keepers of the Flame is a nightmarish tale of
love, power, treason and secret history.
Sean O'Brien is an award winning poet, playwright and
critic. He was a writer in residence at Live in 2001/2 and has written two
plays for the company, Laughter When We're Dead (2000) and From The
Underworld (part of Double Lives - 2002). He has twice won the
Forward Prize for Best Poetry Collection. In 2002 he adapted Aristophanes'
The Birds for The National Theatre.
Tuesday 4 - Sunday 30 November
No
performances on Mondays and Tuesdays (except Tuesday 4 November)
All
evening performances at 8pm
Matinees on Thursday 13 & Saturday 22
November at 2pm
Sunday performances are Pay What You Like and start at 4pm
Tickets are not available for PWYL until 24 hours before the performance
Signed performances tbc
Tickets: £12/8 concs Tuesday - Thursday and
both matinees £14/10 concs Friday & Saturday evenings
Pay What
You Like on Sunday 9, 16, 23 & 30 November
The RSC and Theatre Royal Newcastle are presenting
six other productions in the city as part of the 2003 season.