HEDDAGABLER

by Henrik IbsenIn a version by Richard Eyre

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In order of appearance:

Hedda Tesman Eve BestGeorge Tesman Benedict CumberbatchJuliana Tesman Gillian Raine

Judge Brack Iain GlenEilert Loevborg Jamie Sives

Thea Elvsted Lisa DillonBerthe Sarah Flind

Direction Richard EyreDesign Rob Howell

Lighting Peter MumfordSound John Leonard

Casting Maggie LunnProduction Manager James Crout

Company Manager Rupert CarlileStage Manager Suzy Bourke

Deputy Stage Manager Vicki LilesAssistant Stage Manager Kate McDowell

Costume Supervisor Edward GibbonDeputy wardrobe supervisor Holly Hughes

Wig Supervisor Zoe GoodchildProduction Carpenter Craig Emerson

Stage Crew Martin BarronDominic Rose

Scenic Artist Gordon AldredAssistant Scenic Artist ????

Set Built By Rocket SceneryStage Management Placement Kiera Wheelright

HEDDAGABLER

by Henrik IbsenIn a version by Richard Eyre

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Benedict CumberbatchGeorge Tesman

Theatre: Lady from the Sea (Almeida Theatre), Oh What a LovelyWar, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream,Love’s Labour’s Lost (The New Shakespeare Company).Television: To the Ends of the Earth, Hawking, Dunkirk, NathanBarley, Forty Something, Spooks, Cambridge Spies, Tipping theVelvet, Silent Witness, Fields of Gold.Film: To Kill a King, Hills Like White Elephants.Radio: Far Side, Mr Norris Changes Trains, The Odessy, Kepler,The Sergeants Mate, D Day, The Cocktail Party, Mansfield Park.

Eve BestHedda Tesman

Theatre: Mourning BecomesElectra, Three Sisters, The Coastof Utopia (National Theatre),The Misanthrope (ChichesterFestival Theatre), Macbeth(Globe Theatre), The Heiress,The Cherry Orchard (NationalTheatre),‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore(Young Vic), Sisters Brothers(Gate Theatre), The Promise(Battersea Art Centre), MuchAdo About Nothing (SouthwarkPlayhouse), Uncle Vanya(Theatre Studio).Television: Inspector LynleyMysteries, Waking the Dead, LieWith Me, Shackleton.Film: The Lodge.

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Lisa DillonThea Elvsted

Theatre: Othello (Royal Shakespeare Company),The Master Builder (West End), Iphegenia(Sheffield Crucible).Television: Hawking, Cambridge Spies. Film: Bright Young Things.

Sarah FlindBerthe

Theatre: Ivanov (National Theatre), Blithe Spirit (Salisbury Playhouse), As You Like It (Bristol Old Vic & WestYorkshire Playhouse), Raising Fires (Bush Theatre), Jane Eyre (Playhouse Theatre), Billy Liar (Wolsey Ipswich),Daisy Pulls It Off (Dukes Lancaster), Measure for Measure (Royal Shakespeare Company, Tour & Young Vic), TheBlue Angel (Royal Shakespeare Company & Tour), As You Like It (Old Vic), Better In My Dreams (WatermansTheatre), Jane Eyre (Leeds Playhouse), Stepping Out (National Tour), See How they Run, The Sea, Wild Honey,Marat Sade, Happy Haven (Leeds Playhouse), The Maids (Hullabaloo Theatre).Television: The Bill, Strange, My Hero, Holby City, Oliver Twist, Eastenders, Norman Ormal, Out of Sight, Casualty,Pissed on the Job, Hettie Wainthrop Investigates, Thieftakers, Tomorrow People, Nice day at the Office, Gone toSeed, Hot Dog Wars, House of Elliott, Stanley and the Woman, Lovejoy, Do It, Last Evensong, Newshounds.Film: Gosford Park, The Winslow Boy, The Fool.

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Gillian RaineJuliana Tesman

Theatre: Mackerel Sky (Bush Theatre), La Grande Magia (NationalTheatre), A Month in the Country (Albery Theatre), Constant Wife(Theatre Royal, Windsor), Candida (Wyndhams Theatre), Joy (TheatreRoyal Windsor), Hedda Gabler (St. Martin’s), An Ideal Husband (StrandTheatre), Happy Family (St. Martin’s), Moliere Triple Bill (OxfordPlayhouse), The Apple Cart (Mermaid Theatre), On the Rocks (MermaidTheatre), Heartbreak House (European Tour), Semi-Detached(Greenwich Theatre).Television: Heartbeat, Kiss Me Kate, Harbour Lights, A Very PerculiarPractice, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Love on a Branch Line, Under theHammer, Suddenly Last Summer, Anna Lee, Eastenders, The Good Guys,Life After Life, Children’s Crossing, Frankenstein’s Baby, Vanity Fair,Singles, Wish Me Luck Li, Marmalade Atkins, Home and Away,Skullduggery, Trial, Wicked Women, This Happy Breed, Within TheseWalls, The Crezz, Picture of Dorian Gray, Trial of Eliza Armstrong, NeverEard of Paradise, Galton and Simpson Playhouse, The Velvet Glove, TheNeighbourhood, Born and Bred, Heartlands. Film: Darling, A Night to Remember, The Last of the Long-Haired Boys.

Iain GlenJudge Brack

Theatre: The Seagull (Edinburgh Festival), A Streetcar Named Desire(National Theatre), The Blue Room (Donmar Warehouse), MartinGuerre (West End), The Broken Heart, Henry V (Royal ShakespeareCompany), Here (Donmar Warehouse), Macbeth (Tron Theatre),King Lear (Royal Court), Coriolanus, She Stoops to Conquer(Chichester Festival Theatre), Hamlet (Bristol Old Vic), Hapgood(Aldwych Theatre), The Man Who Had All the Luck (Bristol Old Vic& Young Vic), Road (Royal Court), Edward II (Royal Exchange),Recruiting Officer (Birmingham Rep).Television: Kidnapped!, Carla, The Tynedale Bible, Impact, AnchorMe, Glasgow Kiss, The Wyvern Mysteries, Wives and Daughters, Trialand Retribution II, Painted Lady, Death of a Salesman, FrankiesHouse, Adam Bede, The Fear, The Picnic, Will You Love Me Tomorrow,Blood Hunt. Film: Tara Road, Man to Man, Kingdom of Heaven, Song for a RaggyBoy, Spy Sorge, The Soulkeeper, Darkness, Tombraider, Gabriel & Me,Silent Scream, Fools of Fortune, Mountain of the Moon, Paranoid,Mararia, Young Americans, Ferdy Durke, Rosencrantz andGuildenstern are Dead, Gorillas in the Mist, Paris by Night.

Jamie SivesEilert Loevborg

Theatre: Edward II (Sheffield Crucible). Television: To the Ends of the Earth, Avenging Angels,Rockface, Ultimate Force, Glasgow Kiss, Psychos, SplitSecond. Film: A Woman in Winter, On a Clear Day, One LastChance, Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself, Frozen, TheKnickerman, Mean Machine, Dead on Time, Poof.

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Richard EyreDirector

Richard Eyre was Artistic Director of Nottingham Playhouse 1973-78. He was Producer of Play for Today for BBC TV 1978 –81. He became an Associate Director of the National Theatre in 1981 and was Artistic Director from 1988 -1997. Theatre includes: Mary Poppins (Bristol, West End). The Crucible (Broadway), The Judas Kiss, The Novice (Almeida). Forthe National Theatre: Vincent in Brixton (& West End and Broadway), Amy’s View (& West End & Broadway), The Invention of Love (& West End), King Lear, JohnGabriel Borkman, The Prince’s Play, La Grande Magia, Skylight (& West End & Broadway), Sweet Bird of Youth, Johnny on aSpot, The David Hare Trilogy - Racing Demon (& Broadway), Murmuring Judges, The Absence of War, Macbeth, The Night ofthe Iguana, Napoli Milionaria, White Chameleon, Richard III (& world tour), The Voysey Inheritance, Hamlet, TheChangeling, Futurists, The Government Inspector, Schweyk in the Second World War, The Beggars Opera, Guys and Dolls. HighSociety (West End), Edmond, Kafka’s Dick, The Shawl, Hamlet (Royal Court), The Great Exhibition, The Death andResurrection of Mr Roche, The Ha - Ha (Hampstead), Jingo (Royal Shakespeare Company). For the NottinghamPlayhouse: Deeds, The Cherry Orchard, Touched, The Alchemist, Bartholomew Fair, Othello, Comedians, The Churchill Play,Bendigo, The Taming of the Shrew, Brassneck (as producer), The Plough and the Stars. For the Royal Lyceum Theatre,Edinburgh: The Master Builder, Three Sisters, Uncle Vanya, Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, Trumpets and Drums, The White Devil, Junoand the Paycock, Death of a Salesman, Events While Guarding the Bofors Gun. For the Edinburgh Festival: RandomHappenings in the Hebrides, Confessions of a Justified Singer.Opera: La Traviata (Covent Garden), Le Nozze Di Figaro (Festival d’Aix en Provence).Television: Changing Stages, King Lear, The Absence of War, Suddenly Last Summer, Tumbledown, V, The Insurance Man, PastCaring, Country, Pasmore, The Imitation Game, The Cherry Orchard, Comedians, Waterloo Sunset. As producer: Just a Boy’sGame, Long Distance Information, Chance of a Lifetime.Radio: Angel, Macbeth.Films: Stage Beauty, Iris (also wrote with Charles Wood), Laughterhouse, The Ploughman’s Lunch.Books: National Service, Changing Stages (with Nicholas Wright), Utopia and Other Places.

Rob HowellDesign

Theatre includes: Buried Child (National Theatre), Endgame (West End), The Graduate (UKTour), Tell Me On a Sunday(West End & UK Tour), The Lady From The Sea (Almeida Theatre), Simply Heavenly (Young Vic & West End), Our House(West End), Faith Healer (West End), Proof (Donmar Warehouse), The Graduate (Broadway), Faith Healer (AlmeidaTheatre), Sunset Boulevard (UK Tour), Howard Katz (National Theatre), Lulu (Almeida Theatre & Kennedy Center,Washington), The Caretaker (Comedy Theatre), Conversations After a Burial (Almeida Theatre), Hard Fruit (Royal Court),Eddie Izzard (UKTour 1999/2000), Battle Royal (National Theatre), Betrayal (Theatre D’atelier, Paris), Family Reunion(Royal Shakespeare Company), Money (National Theatre), Troilus and Cressida (National Theatre), Vassa (AlmeidaTheatre), Real Classy Affair (Royal Court), Richard III (Royal Shakespeare Company), How I Learned to Drive (DonmarWarehouse), Eddie Izzard – Glorious Tour, Government Inspector (Almeida Theatre), Entertaining Mr Sloane (TheatreClwyd), Chips With Everything (National Theatre), Tom and Clem (Aldwych Theatre), Little Eyolf (Royal ShakespeareCompany), Peter Pan (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Habeas Corpus (Donmar Warehouse), The Loves of Cass Maguire(Druid Theatre Company), Tartuffe (Almeida Theatre), The Glass Menagerie (Donmar Warehouse), The Painter ofDishonour (Royal Shakespeare Company), Simpatico (Royal Court), True West (Donmar Warehouse), The ShakespeareRevue (Royal Shakespeare Company), Julius Caesar (Royal Exchange, Manchester), Private Lives (Dalateatern, Sweden),Oliver (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield), Eurovision (Sydmonton Festival & Vaudeville Theatre), Relative Values (ChichesterFestival Theatre, UK Tour & Savoy Theatre).Opera: Sophie’s Choice (Royal Opera House), The Turn of the Screw (Welsh National Opera).

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John LeonardSound

Theatre: Recent credits include: Macbeth(Almeida Theatre), The Odd Couple (LiverpoolPlayhouse), Becket (West End), How to ActAround Cops (Soho Theatre), Brighton Rock(Almeida Theatre), The Anniversary (LiverpoolPlayhouse), Misconceptions (Royal Theatre,Northampton), Final Judgement (Theatre Royal,Windsor), Mercy (Soho Theatre), The OldMasters (Birmingham Rep & West End), TwelfthNight/Cymbeline (2004 Ludlow Festival), MaRainey’s Black Bottom (Liverpool Playhouse),Guantanamo (Tricycle Theatre), WhistlingPsyche (Almeida Theatre), Rattle of a SimpleMan (Malvern & West End), Flush (SohoTheatre), Jumpers (National Theatre, West End& Broadway), The Astonished Heart/Still Life(Liverpool Playhouse), The Dumb Waiter(Oxford Playhouse), The Entertainer (LiverpoolPlayhouse), Five Gold Rings (Almeida Theatre),Les Liaisons Dangereuses (West End), SweetPanic (West End), The Mercy Seat (AlmeidaTheatre), Under Milk Wood (Wales TheatreCompany), Wrong Place (Soho Theatre), Squint(Chelsea Theatre), I.D (Almeida Theatre),Sunday Father (Hampstead Theatre).

Peter Mumford Lighting

Theatre includes: The King and I (UK Tour), Becket (Theatre RoyalHaymarket), Playboy of the Western World (Abbey Theatre, Dublin & US Tour),Don Juan, Man and Superman, Blithe Spirit (Theatre Royal Bath & UK Tour),Out of This World, The Master and Margarita, The Gondoliers, The Seagull(Chichester Festival Theatre), The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? (Almeida & WestEnd), Blood (Royal Court), Brand (Swan Theatre, Stratford & HaymarketTheatre), Betrayal, Design For Living, Fight For Barbara, As You Like It (TheatreRoyal, Bath & The Rose of Kingston), The Talking Cure (National Theatre),Bacchai (National Theatre), Private Lives (Albery Theatre & Broadway),Hamlet, Othello, The Taming of The Shrew (Royal Shakespeare Company),Luther (National Theatre), The People Are Friendly, Redundant (Royal Court),Iphigenia (Abbey Theatre, Dublin), God Only Knows (Vaudeville), Medea(Queen’s Theatre), The Dispute and the Critic (Royal Exchange Theatre,Manchester), Lautrec (Shaftesbury Theatre), I Laskarina (Acropol Theatre,Athens), Summerfolk, The Merchant of Venice, Money, The Prime of Miss JeanBrodie (National Theatre), A Long Day’s Journey Into Night, An Ideal Husband,Oliver Twist, Therese Raquin (Gate Theatre, Dublin).Television: The Little Prince (Director of Photography, BBC), Forty-EightPreludes and Fugues - J S Bach (Director & Lighting Director, BBC2), Jenufa(Director of Photography, BBC2), Richard II (Channel 4). Ballet: Peter Pan (Set & Lighting, Northern Ballet Theatre), The Nutcracker(Scottish Ballet), Madame Butterfly (Northern Ballet Theatre), Of Oil andWater (Siobhan Davies Dance Co.), Irek Mukhamedov and Dancers (Sadler’sWells), Arthur (Birmingham Royal Ballet), The Crucible, Hidden Variables, AStranger’s Taste, This House Will Burn / Ashley Page (Royal Ballet), Sounding,Unrest, The Celebrated Soubrette (Rambert Dance Co.).Opera: Cosi Fan Tutte (English National Opera), La Traviata (Antwerp Opera),Siegfried and Gotterdammerung (Scottish Opera & Edinburgh FestivalTheatre), The Bartered Bride (Royal Opera House), Il Corsaro (Athens ConcertHall), Don Pasquale (Opera Zuid, Holland), The Coronation of Poppea (EnglishNational Opera), Eugene Onegin, Madame Butterfly (Opera North), GiulioCesare (Opera De Bordeaux), Earth and the Great Weather (Almeida Opera2000), L’heure Espagnole, L’enfant Et Les Sortileges (Co-Directed, Set &Lighting, Opera Zuid), Un Ballo In Maschera (Vilnius Festival & OperaHouse).

Henrik Johan Ibsen was born in 1828 in Skien, a small town onthe coast of Norway. His father was a merchant whosebusiness failed, forcing the family to move to a farm inGjerpen. At the age of sixteen Henrik was apprenticed to apharmacist in Grimstad and two years later was compelled tobegin supporting his illegitimate child born to a servant girl.In 1850 he moved to Christiania (now Oslo) where he studiedand earned a little from journalistic writings. In the same yearhe wrote two plays, Catilina and The Burial Mound.

Ibsen had hoped to become a physician but, after failinguniversity entrance examinations, was appointed in 1851 as‘stage poet’ of Den Nationale Scene, a small theatre inBergen. There he wrote four plays based on Norwegianfolklore and history, which failed to attract an audience. In1852 the theatre sent him on a study tour to Denmark andGermany and in 1857, after the theatre went bankrupt, hereturned to Christiania to become Artistic Director of the newNorske (Norwegian) Theatre.

In 1858 he married Suzannah Thoresen, the stepchild of thenovelist Magdalene Thoresen. Their only child, Sigurd, wasborn the next year. To this period belong The Vikings ofHelgoland (1858) and The Pretenders (1864), both historicalsagas, and Love’s Comedy (1862), a satire which was producedwith some success. In 1864 Ibsen received a grant for foreigntravel from the Norwegian government which enabled him tovisit Italy and Germany, and in 1864, he settled in Rome wherehe wrote his great poetic drama Brand. This made areputation for him throughout Europe and earned him a statepension. He visited Stockholm, dined with the King, and laterrepresented Norway at the opening of the Suez Canal. Brandwas followed by his last play in verse, Peer Gynt, written in1867 and produced in a revised stage version, with incidentalmusic by Grieg, in 1876.

His following four plays are realistic portrayals of ageless anduniversal parochialism set in the small town life of Ibsen’sown day: Pillars of Society (1877) is a study of public life basedon a lie; A Doll’s House (1879) of the insidious destruction ofdomestic life by another lie; Ghosts (1881) of the lingeringpoison in a marriage based on a lie; An Enemy of the People(1882) of a man of truth in conflict with the falsity of society.

As well as attacking social conventions as destroyers of lifeand happiness, Ghosts touched on the forbidden subject ofhereditary venereal disease. The London Daily Telegraphcalled the play “an open drain; a loathsome sore unbandaged;a dirty act done publicly; a lazar house with all its doors andwindows open.”

All four plays have the structural economy and simplicity of askilled writer at the height of his powers and all, in thoughtand technique, have exercised an immense influence on thedevelopment of contemporary theatre. Ibsen’s later plays, inwhich symbolism plays an increasingly large part, include TheWild Duck (1884), Rosmersholm (1886), The Lady from the Sea(1888), Hedda Gabler (1890) and finally The Master Builder(1892), which is concerned with the dual nature of the manand the artist, Little Eyolf (1894), a study of marital relations,John Gabriel Borkman (1896), a study of unfulfilled genius inrelation to society, and When We Dead Awaken (1899), Ibsen’slast pronouncement on the artist’s relation to life and truth.

The last years of Ibsen’s life were clouded by mental illnessand he died in Christiania in 1906.

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ON THE PLAY“The title of the play is Hedda Gabler. My intention in giving it this name was toindicate that Hedda as a personality is to be regarded rather as her father’sdaughter than as her husband’s wife.“It was not really my intention to deal in this play with so-called problems.What I principally wanted to do was to depict human beings, human emotions,and human destinies, upon a groundwork of certain of the social conditionsand principles of the present day. When you have read the whole, myfundamental idea will be clearer to you than I can make it by entering intofurther explanations.” (letters)

In the summer of 1889, when he was 61, Ibsen was on holiday in a SouthTyrolean village. He met an 18 year old Viennese girl called Emilie Bardachand fell in love. He’d dedicated himself to his art like a monk, for “thepower and the glory”, and he’d renounced spontaneous joy and sexualfulfilment. Emilie became the “May sun of a September life”. She askedhim to live with her; he at first agreed but, crippled by guilt and fear ofscandal (and perhaps impotence as well), put an end to the relationship.

Emilie, like Hedda, was a beautiful, intelligent, spoilt, bored upper-class girlwith “a tired look in her mysterious eyes”, who wanted to have power andwas thrilled at the possibility of snaring someone else’s husband. Thevillage in which they met in the Tyrol – Gossensass – was mentionedspecifically in an earlier draft of the play when Hedda and Loevborg arelooking at the honeymoon photographs in the second act, and fragmentsof dialogue in Ibsen’s notes from the play appear to be derived directlyfrom his conversations with Emilie.

“Everything that I have written is most minutely connected with what I havelived through, if not personally experienced; every new work has had for me theobject of serving as a process of spiritual liberation and catharsis; for everyman shares the responsibility and the guilt of the society to which he belongs.That is why I once inscribed in a copy of one of my books the followingdedicatory lines: ‘To live is to war with trolls in heart and soul. To write is to sitin judgement on oneself.”

“The essential thing is...to draw a clear distinction between what one hasmerely experienced and what one has spiritually lived through; for only thelatter is proper material for creative writing.”(letters)

ON WOMEN‘Hedda really wants to live the whole life of a man’. (notes)

I must disclaim the honour of having consciously worked forwomen’s rights. I am not even quite sure what women’s rights reallyare. To me it has been a question of human rights...Of course it isincidentally desirable to solve the problem of women; but that hasnot been my whole object. My task has been the portrayal of humanbeings.(speech to the Norwegian Society for Women’s Rights 1898)

There are two kinds of moral laws, two kinds of conscience, one formen and one, quite different, for women. They don’t understandeach other; but in practical life, woman is judged by masculine law, asthough she weren’t a woman but a man…A woman cannot be herselfin modern society. It is an exclusively male society, with laws made bymen and with prosecutors and judges who assess feminine conductfrom a masculine standpoint.(first notes for A Doll’s House 1878)

OTHERPLAYWRIGHTS ONHEDDA GABLERWILDEI felt pity and terror, as though the play had beenGreek.

SHAWThe tragedy of a Hedda in real life is not that shecommits suicide but that she continues to live!

There is not one of Ibsen’s characters who is not,in the old phrase, the temple of the Holy Ghost,and who does not move you at moments by thesense of that mystery.

OSBORNEHedda is a victim. She is not tragic butdesperately needs to get the minimal rewards oflife...The idea of being made pregnant - byanyone, even Lovborg - is repellent to her. Hertragedy, if it can be called one, is that of beingborn bored and that is what is fascinating abouther in the annals of dramatic literature. The veryconcept was unique at the time. She is a loser,whereas Mrs Elvsted is an odds-on favourite.

ON ACTINGThe language must sound natural and the mode of expression must bedistinctive for every character in the play; one human being does notexpress himself like another...The effect of the play depends greatly onthe audience feeling that they are listening to something that is actuallyhappening in real life.(letter 1883)

People have not fully appreciated that a passionate writer needs to beacted with passion, and not otherwise.(in conversation)

ON WRITING“Before I write down one word, I have to have thecharacter in mind through and through. I mustpenetrate into the last wrinkle of his soul. I alwaysproceed from the individual; the stage setting, thedramatic ensemble, all of that comes naturally anddoes not cause me any worry, as soon as I amcertain of the individual in every aspect of hishumanity. But I have to have his exterior in mindalso, down to the last button, how he stands andwalks, how he conducts himself, what his voicesounds like. Then I do not let him go until his fateis fulfilled.

As a rule, I make three drafts of my dramas whichdiffer very much from each other incharacterization, not in action. When I proceed tothe first sketch of the material I feel as though Ihad the degree of acquaintance with my charactersthat one acquires on a railway journey; one hasmet and chatted about this or that. With the nextdraft I see everything more clearly, I knowcharacters just about as one would know themafter a few weeks’ stay in a spa; I have learned thefundamental traits in their characters as well astheir little peculiarities; yet it is not impossible thatI might make an error in some essential matter. Inthe last draft, finally, I stand at the limit ofknowledge; I know my people from close and longassociation - they are my intimate friends, who willnot disappoint me in any way; in the manner inwhich I see them now, I shall always see them.”

At the moment of conception one must be on fire,but at the time of writing, cold.(in conversation)

I can only speak freely through the mouths ofcharacters in a play.(letter 1889)

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Almeida Projects draws onthe expertise of some of thebest theatre artists in theUK and brings themtogether with ourcommunity partners,promoting innovativecreative exchange betweenthe Almeida and Islington.

We continue our work withsecondary schools, collegesand youth centres acrossIslington working alongsideplaywrights, actors,directors, actors anddesigners on a range ofworkshops and residenciesinspired by ourproductions.

Following the course of thecurrent season, we’refocusing on Hedda, Thea,Berthe and Aunt Ju Ju aspart of our ongoingexploration of each of theplays from the point of viewof the female characters.From Rose, the unwittingchild-bride of Brighton Rockvia artists’ muse, wife andmother Jane Morris, viawomen in war - Lady

Macbeth and Lady Macduffto the Bride in BloodWedding, we’reinvestigating the role of thewife on stage. “This littlehand” culminates in anoriginal piece of theatrelater in the year.

Our first collaboration withAlmeida Opera and theIslington Arts and MediaSchool follows the mirrorsthe process of developmentof new piece of operaticwork. 60 young performersare receiving mentoringfrom opera singers, a writer,musicians, designers andchoreographers to createtheir own original piecesworking from the samestarting point as our newopera for 2005. The resultswill be staged at theAlmeida to an invitedaudience in July.

Visit our new website:www.almeidaprojects.co.ukfor updates and to engagein the debate.

HEDDA GABLERThursday 5th April 05

Captioned Performance by STAGETEXT

Thursday 14th April 05

Sign Language Interpreted Performance by Jeni Draper

Saturday 23rd April 05

Audio Described matinee by Vocaleyes

BLOOD WEDDINGWednesday 25th May 05

Captioned Performance by STAGETEXT

Wednesday 11th June 05

Audio Described matinee by VOCALEYES

Thursday 16th June 05

Sign Language Interpreted Performance by Jude Mahon

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Infra-red hearing system inthe main auditorium.

Guide and hearing dogsare welcome in theauditorium (please requestan aisle seat when youbook) or our staff can dogsit for you.

There are wheelchairspaces for eachperformance, located inthe stalls.

Induction Loop in the boxoffice.

Assisted Performances

The Almeida Angels have also continuedto work alongside the theatre'sMarketing Manager to produce analternative advert campaign for theproduction of Macbeth. Working withGraphic Designer - Sarah Hyndman - anew image was photographed (see left)and posters were created using the newconcept and revised tag line"Murder...you can't wash it away".

The Angels next project will focus upon amarketing campaign using tv, radio andoutdoor spaces for Blood Wedding.

Watch this space for more details or seeour page on www.almeidaprojects.co.uk.

There is also an accessible toilet via the foyer.

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We are proud to intruduce the Almeida AngelsNewsletter. This is a publication presentingAlmeida news for young people, written byyoung people. There is an edition toaccompany each production and past featuresinclude reviews, interviews with actors and thefamous Spotted!! feature - detailing who theAngels "bumped" into at the theatre.

The Angels are currently working on their fourthedition focussing on Hedda Gabler. Watch outas women strike back in this extended editionof the Almeida Angels newsletter!!!

If you are aged between 13-18 years of age orknow somebody who might be interested thenemail almeidaangels@almeida.co.uk with yourpostal address to subscribe to the freenewsletter....

The Almeida Angels newsletter is a Freshstart/Almeida colloboration. For more information see www.freshstartonline.org.uk

For more detailed information on access, to book for assisted performances or for a large-print version ofthis brochure please call 020 7288 4999, email access@almeida.co.uk or visit www.almeida.co.ukThanks to STAGETEXT, Vocaleyes and all our interpreters.

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Almeida Past Productions

The Lady from the Sea“The Islington Powerhouseopens with this tremendousproduction… electrifying …leaves you reeling … boasts agreat star performance fromNatasha Richardson.” Daily Telegraph

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Five Gold Rings“Bold, elegant, lyrical, finely wraught verse …gorgeouslystaged and beautifully performed.” Time Out

The Mercy Seat“Attenborough’s production has a highvoltage charge that never dips for amoment. This play plumbs the depthsand deserves to be seen.” Daily Telegraph

The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? “ Some theatregoers will hate this play.Many more will love it. None, I suspect,will ever forget it.” Daily Telegraph

Almeida Opera - Who putBella in the Wych elm?, TheGirl of Sand Genesis OperaProject - Sirius on Earth,Thwaite, The Eternity Man“No one knows who put Bella in the wychelm, but Simon Holt has taken her out,put flesh on her bones and brought her tovivid life in his new music-theatre piece”The Independent

I.D.“A riveting production … full ofwonderful theatrical invention… a rich and shameful periodof history and how memorablyit is evoked.” Daily Mail

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Brighton Rock“An intelligent, edgy, adult musical which gives yousomething to think about … Hooray for that” Daily Express

Whistling Psyche‘Intense, haunting and beautiful...two remarkable performances...marvellously rewarding’ Mail on Sunday

Macbeth“The most powerful, chilling, evil – feeling Macbethsince McKellen and Dench.” The Times

Festen“Electrifying, shockingand profoundly moving …such talent, such skill,such humanity.Something to celebrate.”Sunday Times

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Almeida Opera - IO Passion, Man and Boy: Dada“Rapturously intense... the performances arewonderfully precise” Guardian

The Earthly Paradise“You must not miss it … a quite exceptionalplay”. Guardian

The Almeida BoardRichard HaythornthwaiteChair

Mary FrancisAnupam GanguliMichael GwinnellA. Michael HoffmanThelma Holt CBELinden IfeCarol Lake

Rosemary LeithBaroness McIntosh

of HudnallRodney MilnesGeorgia OetkerNigel PantlingTrevor PhillipsDavid Robbie (Treasurer)Alastair Ross-Goobey CBEJessica de RothschildCarl Tack

Development CouncilA. Michael HoffmanChair

Sue Baring Georgiana Boothby Kate Bucknell Sarah Elson Christophe Gollut The Lord Hart of ChiltonLinden IfeJohn Kinder Bruce Kovner Rosemary Leith Jessica de Rothschild Martha Tack Andrea Wilson

Artistic DirectorMichael Attenborough

Executive DirectorNeil Constable

Artistic Associate Maggie Lunn

Associate DirectorHoward Davies

Associate ActorsSimon Russell BealeJosette Bushell-MingoMeera SyalRichard WilsonPenelope Wilton

Music AdvisorJonathan Dove

Lighting AdvisorMark Henderson

Sound AdvisorJohn Leonard

THE ALMEIDA THEATRE COMPANY

ADMINISTRATIONGeneral ManagerRos Brooke-TaylorAssistant to the DirectorateAnna CooperAdministrative and Production AssistantLaura Pickard

ALMEIDA OPERAProducerPatrick DickieAldeburgh Almeida OperaJonathan ReekieArtistic AdministratorPhillippa ColeMusic DirectorDavid ParryConcerts DirectorJohn Woolrich

ALMEIDA PROJECTSProjects DirectorRebecca Manson Jones

Projects Assistant andShowhow FellowshipNadia Syed

AssistantsNatalie AbrahamiMartin BrodyHelen EastmanBen EvansKirsty HoilesMelissa Smith

BARBar ManagerHannah WoolhouseDeputy Bar ManagerLanre BankoleCatering SupervisorClarissa ScholesDuty ManagersTim ApplebyJoe KloskaBar StaffLorrain ChowBerry CochraneClaire CraigKate ElliottBrian KavanaghEllen MainwoodKenneth Olaf HjellumJustin PearsonSammy PhillipsAkari UeyamaLucia Vivanco

BOX OFFICEBox Office ManagerRachel TattersdillBox Office AssistantsLaura BeresfordLiz BlakeJustin GilesAlison HolderNuala PhillipsSarah TippleSuzanne WalkerMiranda Yates

DEVELOPMENTHead of Development Sophie Cook Deputy Head ofDevelopment Elizabeth Fowler Development Co-ordinatorKirsten Holmes Events Manager Sarah Ben-Tovim Development AssistantClaire Shenton

FINANCEHead of FinanceFraser JoppFinancial Controller Kerris ColeFinance AssistantJoy Aitchinson

FRONT OF HOUSETheatre Manager andLicenseeJinny McCallisterDuty ManagersJude BowdlerNick DurantZsuzsanna Posta Margaret StirrattHead UshersMartin AlkhlaifaouiJessica BoydGeraldine CaulfieldChris CorbyMorgan Tovey FrostClaire HoultonCurtis JordanOlly LangdonAdele SalemUshersDom AdelajaTanya AikenAlex D’AddomaNicky ElsonAndrew HowardJanice HowardMarigold HughesChantal MailhacAkuah Obeng-FrimpongMary OkekeAurora PettinariRoberta PitreDom RoseAnne SheasbyJonathan SpeerDani UrbasYu-Chen WangDave WeinbergCleanersExcell Cleaning Services LtdMary Okeke

PRESS & MARKETINGPress RepresentativeJanine Shalom atMcDonald & Rutter020 7637 2600Marketing ManagerLucy GoldsboroughPress & MarketingAssistantJane Dewing

PRODUCTIONTechnical DirectorJames CroutProduction ManagerIgor Company ManagerRupert CarlileStage ManagerSuzanne BourkeChief TechnicianJason WescombeLighting Technician Robin FisherSound Technician Matthew BerryAssistant Technician Paul MansfieldHead of WardrobeEdward GibbonWardrobe AssistantHolly Hughes

SCRIPTSScripts AdvisorBarry McCarthy

CONSULTANTSStructural Engineering ConsultantsAlan Conisbee AssociatesSurveyor to the AlmeidaHedley MerrimanAuditorsBDO Stoy HaywardSolicitorsCumberland Ellis PeirsMishcon de ReyaWedlake SaintProduction InsuranceWalton & Parkinson LtdAccess Consultant GroupMichael GodfreyWendy HaslamIan JentleLois KiethDeborah NeveGraphic DesignSarah HyndmanSecurity Cosplan Security ServicesProgramme DesignFirst Presence 020 8789 2583Programme PrintCantate020 7622 3401

Artistic Directors1980 – 1990 Pierre Audi (Founder)1990 – 2002 Jonathan Kent

Ian McDiarmid2002 – Michael Attenborough

Production Sponsor

Major SponsorsArts & Business Aspen ReCadwalader, Wickersham &

Taft LLP Giorgio Armani

Corporate PartnersBloomberg LPBP Cumberland Ellis Peirs Deutsche BankGoldman SachsLangsdale Crook LinklatersMan GroupMishcon de Reya Palamon Capital Partners, LtdSlaughter and MayTulchan Communications

Local Corporate PartnersBolt Burdon SolicitorsCopping Joyce and Stickley & KentThe Gagosian Gallery London

Major DonorsBuff & Johnnie ChaceThe Columbia Foundation,

San FranciscoOrmonde & Mildred Duveen TrustThe Esmee Fairbairn Foundation The Foyle FoundationThe Genesis FoundationThe Hon. Daphne

Guinness NiarchosThe Ingram TrustHarvey & Allison McGrathPeter Moores FoundationThe Laura Pels FoundationThe Tara Ulemek FoundationThe Harold Hyam

Wingate Foundation

Almeida Projects Supporters Anonymous Business Design CentreRaymond Cazalet Charitable Trust The Goldsmiths’ CompanyThe Worshipful Company

of GrocersThe Paul Hamlyn FoundationThe Kreitman FoundationThe JPMorgan Fleming FoundationThe Lord Mayor’s AppealThe Mackintosh Foundation The Mercers’ CompanyThe Rayne Foundation

The Wates FoundationArtistic Director’s Inner Circle AnonymousMrs Claus von BulowElla Krasner Midge and Simon PalleyThe Rausing Abraham Arts Fund David Robbie Stuart and Hilary Williams

Production CircleSusan & John BurnsStamos J. FafaliosCathy & Guy GronquistJack & Linda KeenanJohn KinderDuncan Moore & Susan HahnCarl & Martha Tack

BenefactorsSteve Barnett & Alexandra MarksMr Clyde Cooper Ian & Caroline Cormack Celeste FenichelRichard & Fiona Gilmore Beth GlynnMarcia & Richard Grand Barbara & Michael GwinnellAlan & Nancy Hirsig Stephanie & Carter McClelland Lord and Lady SimonNorma & David Smith Jan and Michael TophamEdgar & Judith WallnerMichael & Kate Yates

Patrons AnonymousMary & Irwin AckermanAct Productions Arimathea Charitable TrustKeith & Barbara BainDerek & Bonnie BandeenSue Baring & Andre NewburgLord & Lady BernsteinKate & Colin BirssTony & Gisela BloomMr & Mrs Benjamin BonasMiriam BorchardDaphne & Shelley Borkum Steven & Ellen Bowman Katie BradfordGeorgina Calvey Richard & Robin ChapmanMr William Claxton-SmithMrs Denise CohenMr & Mrs Stephen CoxMr and Mrs Karl DannenbaumMr Robert H.F. DevereuxRichard & Linda ElySarah & Louis Elson Mr Peter EnglanderJohn & Tawna Farmer The Farrer-Brown Charitable TrustJoachim Fleury Dr Corinne FlickLinda & Clive FowlerMrs Christina FrancoMs Claire FrankelRobert & Pirjo GardinerMr and Mrs A GeczyJackie and Michael GeeDavid GrahamMarcia & Richard GrandNick Gray

Byron Grote & Susan MillerPamela, Lady HarlechJames HaywardAlisdair & Sophie HaythornthwaiteMichael & Morven HellerDorothy HendersonJerry & Barbara HinesPhillip HobbsLinden IfeMr & Mrs Philip KingsleyMary Friday LeadbetterAlan & Marsha LeeMrs D C LehmkuhlCharles and Nicky ManbyMr Raul MargaraMr Julian MillsDiana and Allan MorgenthauMrs Robin Heller MossMatthew NicklinHarald OrnebergPaul & Elizabeth O’HanlonDesmond Page & Asun Gelardin J Francis Palamara Barrie PearsonMr & Mrs William PlapingerThe Posgate Charitable TrustClare Rich & Robert Marshall Alan RickmanWilliam & Julie Ryan Sue & Tony RosnerDr Mortimer & Theresa Sackler

FoundationAlex SegalMrs Carol SellarsJennifer SevauxRosalyn & Nicholas SpringerRichard Sykes & Penny MasonChristian & Sarah

Thun-HohensteinRoderick & Melanie Vere NicollMr P VoyceEric & Katharina WaltersRachel & Anthony WilliamsMartha & David WinfieldMr Neil Woodgate

Directors’ Circle Countess Monika ApponyiCliff & Fiona AtkinsLeslie Balfour-LynnJ & A BenardMartin BlackSally A. BourneMs Diana BrantKeith & Lauren BreslauerK.L. Breuss & G.P. BurgessDorothy & John BrookAnthony BunkerSir Geoffrey and Lady CassMr & Mrs Peter ChristieMr Simon ClarkMrs Licia CrystalGeorge T DragonasJoseph A. FieldMargaret Ford & John StewartAnupam GanguliMr Farzin S GhandchiMichael GoddardMimi & Peter HaasAbel Halpern

& Helen Chung-HalpernNeville & Veronika HarrisKari HegartyRichard HeseltineJean & Don HurleySir Robin & Lady JacobDavid Kaskel &

Christopher Teano Peter & Maria KellnerMr & Mrs David LakhdhirMuriel LambertMark & Sophie LewisohnLondon Arts Discovery ToursBrenda MeldrumElizabeth Meyer Maggie MillsMs Barbara MintoAlex & Sarah Ninian

Asha & Trevor PhillipsJohn & Laurel RafterLyn RothmanMr Charles RussellMr & Mrs Anthony SalzMr R M SchleinMark & Deirdre SimpsonMr Brian D SmithTim & Sophia SteelAdam & Sheri SticpewichDr Miriam StoppardMr & Mrs R D SzpiroMs Eileen TaylorSally WaldenLord & Lady Alexander

of Weedon Marilyn & Geoffrey Wilson Paul & Lisa WhitlockMiss Wendy WolfcariusMr & Mrs Roger Wyand

Actors’ Circle Brian Abbs J AldredMr Simon AldridgeRosemary AstlesJane AttiasAlexander BalcombeMrs L Balfour-LynnBrian & Ruth BarclayMrs Bridget BarkerMr Dean Barrett Susan BartyDavid & Primrose Bell Lary & Davina BellingMr J R BenfieldMichael & Lesley BennettNeil and Ann BensonMr & Mrs David M BlackburnMr & Mrs Anthony BleeCharles BonasKatie BradfordMs Sandy Braun Sir Simon & Lady Brown Mr Joshua BrodyDavid & Angela BrookSir Simon & Lady BrownOssi & Paul BurgerPeter & Diana CawdronMrs Valerie ChinchenMr G F ChronnellJohn CoblenzMr Donald CohenRichard CollinsCarole & Neville ConradLynette & Robert CraigSheila CrossPaul CullingtonMrs Pamela CurwenGill Cutbill & Ged Davies David DayYvonne Destribats Mr R J DormerRobyn DurieJulie EdwardsJim & Maureen EltonJane Epstein Austin & Ragna ErwinMr Alan Fenton Jack & Irene FinklerMr Stephen FossMr Daniel GarveyBrian GitlinStuart Goldsmith & Elinor BallRobert & Clare GrayRichard Greaves & Joanna MunroNick & Fiona GreenGraeme & Fiona GriffithsSusan & Don GuineyMrs Susan HarbourSheila & John HarveyMs Clodagh HayesMs Sioban HealyMr Charles HendersonMartin & Alicia HerbertMichael & Jennifer HershonMichael HolterRob & Sally Hull

ALMEIDA SUPPORTERSWe are immensely grateful to the following for their ongoingsupport of the theatre and its work.

Principal Sponsor

Martha Hummer-BradleyMr & Mrs B LesslieMr Gerald LevinMr Charles ListerRod & Mina McManigalVirginia Makins Mr Christopher G MartinMaggie Mills & Stephen PriceNathan MobleyMr Peter MolyneuxThe Morris-Jones FamilyMichael & Mimi NaughtonMr Philip NoelMs Jane NorburyGerald O’LearyDavid C OlsteinMr C D OrganJeremy & Mary Vere ParrJulie PattenCindy Polemis & Rick WellsMr Richard PoloGeorge and Karen RathmanGuido RauchStephen Reynolds Timothy & Judith RitchieMr G C RodopoulosJulian & Catherine RoskillSamuel French LtdBarry SerjentDasha ShenkmanMs Barbara SieratzkiKen & Wendy SkeltonSue and Stuart StradlingJohn StefanidisChristoph & Marion TrestlerMonica TrossLord & Lady Tugendhat Mr William UnderhillIzak UziyelElizabeth & Jeremy WagenerNicholas WatkinsonFrank & Denie WeilMrs Susan WeingartenMr & Mrs R A M WelsfordJeremy Willoughby OBESid Wills & Alison BartyMr Donald Zucker

Designers’ Circle Raymond A AdamsNicola Allpress D J AlmeidaJohn & Joyce Ambruster Stephen ArtusTrudi BallardMr Anthony BarnardMr & Mrs Andrew BarnettZac & Lucy BarrattBernard Barrett Sarah Barth Mr Joseph BeckerAndrew Bennett Christopher BensonMs Sophia BergqvistRita & Ian BinderMrs L E BlakleyMr & Mrs BoeschMr M R BowleyMandy BridgerMs E BristowMs M BromleyMr G BrookeRob BrooksIrene & Bernard Buckman

FoundationMr C L BulfordMr Claus Von BulowMr & Mrs Michael BungeyDr Nigel BurtonMr and Mrs Martin BussBelinda CadburyAnn CairdJonathan Cameron

Sherban CantacuzinoMrs R J A CarawanMrs Calliope CaroussisGeraldine CaulfieldLady CazaletJames Chesterman Ms Gay ChristieMr S J ClaymanWalter CliffMrs Suzy Clode Mr K CohenMr T ColdreyJohn & Rosemary ColdwellClaire & Ivor ConnickMr Timothy CornerMr J D M CosgroveMs Coline CovingtonRosamund Shelley, Lady CoxRoss & Maria CrawfordMs Kate Crehan John CrispJonathan CrowAnthony CroxfordTimothy & Patricia Daunt Professor Philip DavidDr Sheilagh DaviesRoger J DavisGraham & Christine DawsonMrs Anita De LotbiniereMarilyn DimitMrs Denise DixCliff Dixon AssociatesMr Kendall DuesburyMs Jo DutchCaroline DuthyMr John A. EidinowAvril ElgarMiss Sally EnglandMrs Joy Eve Mark Everett Mr & Mrs P D FalkMr & Mrs Musa FarhiRobert FeitFerdinand Kelly Solicitors Heidi Bradner & Fabrizio FerreroMr Stephen FinchChristine James & Susan FleggLindy FletcherWinston & Jean FletcherTony & Jane FoggMr P L FolmerEd Francis & Julia HainesJackie Fry Mrs Melanie GibsonMichael GodbeeJanine GoedertDiana & Alex GoodJulian & Heather GoodhewMs S J GoodmanMs Eleanor GordonJohn Gordon Harold GouldMr Ian Grant Ms Eva GreenspanLinda & Richard GrosseGrouse Investment Nerissa GuestDebby GuthrieMaurice & Valerie HalperinMrs Isobel HancockAndrew & Anita HarperCrawford & Mary HarrisMartin HarrisMaureen and Derek HarteRosemary HansonSarah Havens & Gregg SandoJonathan and Hélène HawMs C F HawkheadAndy & Janelle HillAshley HillJane HillMr Lew HodgesMadeleine Hodgkin

Ruth HoldenMrs Rosemary HoodMr Steven HornerMrs Rebecca HumeMichael Hurdelbrink &

Audrey BuchananJacky HyerL IbertTamara Ingram Professor Norman JoelsMelissa JohnMrs M JohnstonMr Simon JonesThe JPMorgan Fleming FoundationMrs Roswitha KellerMark & Margaret Kelly Ms Katherine Wehrle KendJane KiddBrian & Janet KingDavid & Gisela KingsleySarah & Christopher KnightRuth & Peter KrausKatya KrausovaMr Renton LaidlawMr & Mrs Roger LambertMrs A LampertMr David LanchRoger LascellesJaquie LavyAlan Leibowitz & Barbara WeissJudy Lever Mrs Joan R LevineColette & Peter LevyMr Dennis M LevyMrs Susan Licht Mr & Mrs LE LinakerElaine Marie LomenzoJudith Green LooseMr Lawrence LowenthalMr Simon MacLachlanC & I MaggsMr Constantin MaramenidesJanet MartinNan-Yeong & Stephen MatthewsChristopher & Clare McCannJohn McGinleyLynette & Willie McKechnieHamish & Frances McRaeMr John MeadMs A MillarMs Francine MillerIn memory of Lorna MillerMs Milne-HendersonNathan MobleyMr and Mrs ModianoMs Tessa MoloneyDespina MoschosSean MurphyMrs VG MurrayMr and Mrs MyddletonManni & Katharine NathooMichael & Mimi Naughton Dr Venetia NewallJames Nicol Mr Gareth Noonan Clive & Annie NortonMs Silvia Oclander-GoldieMaria O’DonnellFrancis OeserSarah & Steve Ozin Mr Marcelo Paes De MelloSusan Palm Mrs Carolyn Parker BowlesMs Sara ParkinMrs Joyce ParsonsMiss SJ Pearce Nick PerryMs G A PiergiesLouisa PiresProfessor Brice PittSir Mark & Lady Undine PotterPreben & Annie PrebensonEnid Prevezer

Mrs Caroline PriceSue PrickettJane Pritchard Dr Susan RankineMs Ruth RattenburyLiz and Nick ReeveChristopher RenckiMrs Mary RendallAnthony RhodesE Kathleen RobertsShirley & Ivan RodriguezJohn RoganSir David and Lady RowlandAnthony RuddMrs Susan RudeloffDavid RyderDr & Mrs SaggarSimon & Abigail SargentMrs Mary W M SavillFrederic Schneider Gilly SchusterBabara ScottMr & Mrs Colin Scott-MaldenMr & Mrs Scrase DickinsLucie Seaton Dr Martin Seifert

& Dr Jackie MorrisMr DG Seligman Mrs Susan ShammasMr T W SharpRichard & Helen SheldonMr M ShenfieldDiane SheridanJustin Shinebourne

& Laurence ChaussinandElaine & English ShowalterMr Harold ShupakRicky ShuttleworthJonathon SilverMark SilversteinSir Peter and Lady SingerFrances SmithPeter & Moira Smith Michael SmithMr & Mrs Robin StainerSue StapelyM. Stassinopoulos-CarrasCaryle Steen Mr Adam SteinerMr AP & Mrs M T StirlingLady Sandra Jean SullivanMrs Anne-Marie SutcliffeAnne & Paul SwainStephen Swift Miss Elizabeth TaylorMr D. A. ThomasMrs Denis TinsleyPenny Tompkins & James Lawley Sarah TonksMr and Mrs Chris TurnerMs Julia TylerJohn & Diana UffThe Lady Marina VaizeyMr Andrew WalesYasmin Waljee & Gregor LustyNeville & Sally WaltonLady WardMrs Carolyn Ware Sue & Alan Warner Eva M WeiningerMr John WelzMiss Lisa WhiffenMr WiddisGillian Ann WilliamsMr Peter WilliamsDr Peter WillisJanine WillsMs Ann E F WingateM WolridgeMr and Mrs D WoolfRichard Worts & Nicola ShackeltonMr C C WrightJeffrey and Fenella Young

BUILDING APPEAL SUPPORTERS

Production Thank yousSteven at Besbrode Pianos, Leeds

Haircuts by Simone Bollmer

Costomes by Cosprop

Charlotte Damigos

Kjetil Falkum

Holland Park

Additiomal cotumes for Miss best by Hilary Marchner

Make-up by MAC

The Norwegian House

Norwegian Church and Seaman’s Missionary, St Olav’sChurch, Rotherhithe, for lending Norwegian copies ofHedda Gabler

Thomas Owe

Derryk and Davy at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

The Almeida extends its deepestgratitude to the following individuals,organisations and trusts whosegenerosity made the refurbishmentof the theatre possible.

Founding MembersAnonymousThe Ingram TrustBruce KovnerThe Kresge FoundationThe Mackintosh FoundationGeorgia OetkerThe Garfield Weston Foundation

Principal InvestorsTony & Gisela BloomBridge House TrustThe Columbia Foundation,

San FranciscoThe Clore Duffield FoundationThe Ormonde & Mildred

Duveen TrustThe Foyle FoundationMichael & Mercedes HoffmanThe Monument TrustThe Dr Mortimer and Theresa

Sackler Foundation

Platinum SupportersMary & Irwin AckermanAnonymousNicholas BerwinBuff & Johnnie ChaceMichael & Clara FreemanThe John Ellerman FoundationThe Lord Hart of ChiltonMrs Robin Heller Moss

Jack & Linda KeenanHarvey & Allison McGrathMidge & Simon PalleyDavid RobbieThe Foundation for Sport & the

Arts Carl & Martha TackThe Thistle Trust Deirdre WhitesideAri Zaphiriou Zarifi

Gold SupportersLord & Lady Attenborough Sue Baring & Andre NewburgThe Ron Beller & Jennifer Moses

Family FoundationIrene BrendelBritish Land Company plcKate Bucknell & Bob MaguireThe Noël Coward FoundationJudy Craymer Polly EdwardsSarah & Louis Elson Eric Evans Memorial TrustMary Friday LeadbetterMatthew GreenburghGuy & Cathy GronquistRick & Janeen HaythornthwaiteMrs Drue Heinz DBEJulie & Thomas HøeghCarlo & Basia KappPeter & Maria KellnerMr & Mrs H A P KentJohn KinderThe 29th May 1961

Charitable Trust Duncan Moore & Susan HahnMr & Mrs Wilson F. NolenDavid NorwoodMary P. Oenslager

Foundation FundThe Rayne FoundationThe Rose Foundation

Alastair & Sarah Ross GoobeyAnthony & Rachel Williams The Harold Hyam Wingate

FoundationThe Wolfson FoundationMichael & Kate Yates

Silver Supporters John and Dianne BrowningCheyne Walk FoundationThe John S Cohen FoundationChristophe GollutBarbara & Michael GwinnellHammerson plc Mr & Mrs D E A HigginsPeter SorosMichael StoneStephanie & Carter McClellandNeil Mendoza

Bronze Supporters Keith & Barbara BainRosalind M BaxHelen BedfordKate & Colin BirssLady BoothbyKatie BradfordMs M BromleyMartha (Sunny) C. Auersperg

von BulowRaymond Cazalet Charitable

TrustRick and Naomi ClucasCarl & Nancy CooperMrs Licia CrystalDavid DayJosé & David Dent Yvonne Destribats Simon & Liz DingemansRobyn DurieRalph FiennesEmily & Alex FletcherMs Leslie Forbes

Marcia & Richard GrandGrocers’ Company Charitable

TrustJonathan and Hélène HawMartin & Alicia HerbertJames HudlestonPhillip & Psiche Hughes TrustMrs HuterRob and Sherry JohnsonMr & Mrs Philip Kingsley The Kreitman Foundation Mr and Mrs Harald LamotteStuart & Ruth LiptonJeanne LinnesByrne & Pamela Murphy Matthew NicklinPaul & Elizabeth O’HanlonClaudia Pierson & Michael SpiesThe Posgate Charitable TrustMr and Mrs Andrew Pucher EsqPhilip and Sarah RichardsThe Daniel Rosenblum Family

FoundationLord SaatchiJez & Annabel SanOlivia Ma & Steven SchaeferJennifer SevauxRicky ShuttleworthLord & Lady SimonRosalyn & Nicholas SpringerClare StraceyMr & Mrs John ThorntonAntonia TillMichael & Yvonne UvaElizabeth & Jeremy WagenerEric & Katharina WaltersPatricia & George WhiteTim Zagat

Thank you also to the many gen-erous donors to the appealwhom we are unable to list indi-vidually.

'Come and experience traditional French cooking in beautiful surroundings and a relaxing atmosphere’

Mussels, exotic fish and meat dishes,daily specials, light lunch menu

Pre-theatre Dinner menu available: 2 Courses £6.95 3 Courses £8.50

or 10% Discount from our A La Carte MenuPlease bring your theatre ticket with you

(offer not available Friday or Saturday)

140a Upper Street, London N1 1QYTel: 020 7354 4088 Fax: 020 7359 7186

Le Mercury Restaurant, located just across the road fromAlmeida Theatre, cordially invites you to complete your

evening with an outstanding value pre-or post-theatreFrench fare:

Starters @ £3.45Main Courses @ £5.95Desserts @ £2.95

Also, exciting Specials of the Day, Vegetarian Options,great Wine List, knowledgeable and friendly Service and

Candlelight.

We are open from noon to 1.00 am (last orders).

And, should you want to arrange your Christmas party,please let us know.

We shall be delighted to welcome you to Le Mercury andlook forward to providing memorable experience to you

and your guests.

GOLDMAN SACHS

IS DELIGHTED

TO SUPPORT THE

ALMEIDA THEATRE

COMPANY

©Goldman, Sachs & Co, 2005. All rights reserved.

The Almeida Bar is open from11.30am to 11pm Monday to

Saturday serving snacks, lightmeals and a range of hot and

cold drinks.

Please call 020 7288 4979 oremail bar@almeida.co.uk for

further information.