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Brief Lives
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01753 853 888
01753 853 888
17 Mar to 22 Mar
Show TimesMon - Sat 8pm, Thurs 2.30pm & Sat 4.45pm
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2 tickets for the price of 1 on 17 Mar
Join John Aubrey, real life 17th century antiquarian as he takes you on a nostalgic journey and gives you his unique take on some of the personalities of his time - including all the bits the history books missed out! No-one is spared in this stupendous series of anecdotes - Oliver Cromwell, William Shakespeare, Sir Walter Raleigh and even Queen Elizabeth herself are not exempt from Aubrey's acerbic and hysterical gossip.
This brand new production reunites Patrick Garland, one of the UK's leading directors, with Emmy, Tony and BAFTA award winner Roy Dotrice (Amadeus, The Best Of Friends). Its record-breaking original production was unanimously proclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic as one of the greatest performances in the history of theatre.
This brand new production reunites Patrick Garland, one of the UK's leading directors, with Emmy, Tony and BAFTA award winner Roy Dotrice (Amadeus, The Best Of Friends). Its record-breaking original production was unanimously proclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic as one of the greatest performances in the history of theatre.
"Brilliant" - People "Superb" - Guardian
“[Roy Dotrice] doesn't so much play Aubrey as inhabit him… funny and illuminating throughout” Sussex Times
“Always a magnificent actor, Dotrice commanded audience attention for every minute of this witty, wistful, bawdy, and outrageous trawl…. [a] loveable personification of Aubrey.”
West Sussex Gazette
West Sussex Gazette
“It is primarily a funny play, but also has a subtle pathos... It is as warm and comforting as the great bed that centres the stage and as funny and sometimes heart-breaking as the life of the man upon whom it is all based.”
TheatreWorld.com
“Dotrice is magnificent”
The Argus, Brighton
TheatreWorld.com
“Dotrice is magnificent”
The Argus, Brighton