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2004

Honeymoon Suite

Written by Richard Bean

Play Details

Context

Artistic Director
Ian Rickson

Co-production with English Touring Theatre

Dates Performed

Thursday 8th January 2004
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs

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.

Director(s)

Paul Miller

Photo credit

All images credited to Stephen Vaughan

Cast & Creative

Cast

John Alderton

Cast

Sara Behharrell

Cast

Liam Garrigan

Cast

Caroline O'Neill

Cast

Jeremy Swift

Cast

Marjorie Yates

Designer

Hayden Griffin

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