Plays
Noël Coward's Brief Encounter
Nov 27 - Dec 23
A first-class return to romance - Daily Telegraph
With songs by Noël Coward
Adapted for the stage by Emma Rice
Directed by Max Reimer
Cast:
TBA
Production:
TBA
A co-production with Manitoba Theatre Centre
Sponsored by:
The Great-West Life Assurance Company
“…A GREAT AND EDURING STORY; WE CAN ALL OWN IT AND FEEL IT AND FIND SOMETHING OF OURSELVES IN IT..." Noël Coward
"A TRUE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE" The Stage
"AN IMAGINATIVE FEAST" Daily Express
[resources]:
Brief Encounter interview with Emma Rice
Noël Coward's Mad About the Boy
Noël Coward's Goodbye Dolly Gray
1946 film Brief Encounter
Watch video trailer for the U.S. Premiere of Noël Coward's Brief Encounter, presented by the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and Kneehigh Theatre Sep 11-Oct 4, 2009
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Emma Rice’s concept employs an impressive array of theatrical styles, technical effects and Noël Coward songs such as Mad about the Boy, World Weary, Goodbye Dolly Gray and No Good at Love. Switching seamlessly between theatre and film using a combination of Coward's original stage play Still Life and the screenplay of the classic 1946 film Brief Encounter, More
