World Premier Of Peter Whelan Play To Be Performed In Ealing
Sleepers in The Field will open at The Questors theatre
A new play by the late Peter Whelan will premiere at The Questors Theatre, Ealing on 26th January.
The acclaimed British playwright wrote Sleepers in the Field in 2009 but the play was never performed in his lifetime – it only surfaced after a chance conversation last year
between his widow Ffrangcon Price and director John Davey.
Set in 1941 and to the backdrop of the Luftwaffe bombings over industrial areas of the Midlands, the play explores attitudes to war and conflict – and to those we consider different.
Born in 1931, Whelan wrote 17 plays including seven collaborations with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
His best known play was The Herbal Bed (1996), which dealt with a scandal involving the daughter of William Shakespeare. The original production starred Joseph Fiennes, Teresa Banham and David Tennant. The play won Whelan the Lloyds Bank Playwright of the Year award.
The Questors look forward to welcoming VIP guests from across the theatre industry to the world premiere of Sleepers in the Field.
When asked why she decided to offer the play to The Questors for its posthumous world premiere Ffrangcon stated that “We’ve been members of this theatre for fifty years. Peter directed here, acted here. It was a big part of his life.”
Tickets are on sale now.
26th, 27th, 30th, 31st January & 1st, 2nd and 3rd February at 7:45pm
28th January at 2:30pm
Full details and online booking: www.questors.org.uk
Box Office: 020 8567 5184
17 January 2018