Play Details
Context
Artistic Director
Ian Rickson
Co-production with English Touring Theatre
Dates Performed
Thursday 8th January 2004
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs
Form
Play Details
Synopsis
A honeymoon suite is the backdrop for intertwined stories of three couples in the same hotel room across different periods. The main characters include Eddie and Irene, a young newlywed couple from the 1950s; Tits and Izzy, a married couple celebrating their silver wedding anniversary in 2004; and an older Eddie, now known as Whitchell, and his estranged wife Mareet, who has become a successful politician. Throughout the play, the couples navigate their relationships, ambitions, and the challenges life throws their way, all within the confines of the honeymoon suite.
The play explores love, marriage, ambition, betrayal, and the passage of time.. The intimate setting of the hotel room serves as a microcosm for the characters’ lives and relationships, with the recurring motifs of the cats on the curtains and dogs on the wall serving as a reminder of the room’s constant presence. “Honeymoon Suite” offers a poignant and sometimes gritty look at the evolution of love and the compromises we make in pursuit of our dreams.
Cast & Creative
Cast
John Alderton
Cast
Sara Behharrell
Cast
Liam Garrigan
Cast
Caroline O'Neill
Cast
Jeremy Swift
Cast
Marjorie Yates
Designer