‘If you don’t get the person you truly love, your life is ruined and there’s no going back.’
Penniless Irene has married into the wealthy Forsyte family out of necessity. Her husband Soames adores her, but Irene does not love him. When she falls for the handsome architect Philip Bosinney, engaged to Soames’ cousin June, a scandal ensues, setting in motion a chain of events so terrible that it haunts the family forever…
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Cast
IRENE FORSYTE | FIONA HAMPTON
SOAMES FORYSTE | JOSEPH MILLSON
FLEUR FORSYTE | FLORA SPENCER-LONGHURST
EMILY, JULEY, JUNE & HOLLY FORSYTE | EMMA AMOS
JAMES & JO FORSYTE | NIGEL HASTINGS
JOLYON & SWITHIN FORSYTE, DOCTOR, PROSPER PROFOND, RIGGS & HAROLD BLADE | MICHAEL LUMSDEN
JUNE, ANNETTE & ANNE FORSYTE | FLORENCE ROBERTS
PHILIP BOSINNEY, MR POLTEED & JON FORSYTE | ANDY RUSH
JO FORSYTE, POLICEMAN & MICHAEL MONT | JAMIE WILKES
Creative Team
WRITER | JOHN GALSWORTHY
ADAPTER | SHAUN MCKENNA
ADAPTER | LIN COGHLAN
DIRECTOR | JOSH ROCHE
SET & COSTUME DESIGNER | ANNA YATES
LIGHTING DESIGNER | ALEX MUSGRAVE
SOUND DESIGNER & COMPOSER | MAX PAPPENHEIM
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR | PATRICE BOWLER
Artwork photography by Michael Wharley, design by Rebecca Pitt. Conceptual trailer by Andrew Berekdar.
Ashley Cook for Troupe in association with Park Theatre presents the World Premiere of
The Forsyte Saga Part 1: Irene
By John Galsworthy, Adapted by Shaun McKenna and Lin Coghlan, Directed by Josh Roche