The Gabriels
By Richard Nelson
Alongside the run of The Gathered Leaves, PostScript Productions are delighted to present rehearsed readings of The Apple Family and The Gabriels by Richard Nelson, the critically acclaimed play cycles about loss, memory and remembrance in America’s recent past.
The Gabriels is a trilogy of plays following the Gabriel family of Rhinebeck, New York, through the momentous and divisive 2016 presidential election year. While preparing meals in their kitchen, together they grapple in real time with issues of money, history, art, politics and family, as well as the fear of having been left behind.
15.15 – Hungry
17.30 – What Did You Expect?
20.00 – Women of A Certain Age
There will be 30 minute intervals between each reading, and a one hour break before the final reading of each day.
Buying a day ticket to the show will grant you access to all the readings that day.
PostScript Productions in association with Park Theatre.
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Mon
15.15, 17.30 & 20.00
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Genre
Drama
In the press
"An extraordinary theatrical event...a contemporary Chekhov"
Michael Billington, The Guardian
"Tenderly wrought creations"
Ben Brantley, New York Times
Cast and Creatives
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Deborah Findlay
Mary Gabriel
Deborah Findlay
Mary Gabriel
Deborah most recently starred in the West End transfer of Eline Arbo’s acclaimed production of The Years at the Harold Pinter Theatre, reprising her performance from the Almeida Theatre production last year starring alongside Gina McKee, Romola Garai, Anjli Mohindra and Harmony Rose Bremmer.
Her other recent theatre credits include The Inquiry at Chichester Festival Theatre, and a lead role in Michael Grandage’s Orlando, alongside Emma Corrin on the West End.
Last year, Deborah starred in The Split Special, following the success of the BBC drama. Deborah played the leading role Ruth over all three series. Other screen credits include Collateral, Cranford, Poirot, State of Play and The Lady In The Van to name a few.
Deborah won an Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Pam Gems’ Stanley, a Clarence Derwent Award for her portrayal of Volumnia in Coriolanus at the Donmar, and was nominated for both a Tony Award for her performance in The Children on Broadway and an Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Cut.
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Clare Holman
Hannah Gabriel
Clare Holman
Hannah Gabriel
Clare most recently wrapped THE LAST DISTURBANCE OF MADELINE HYND directed by Kenneth Branagh and prior to this, KING AND CONQUEROR for the BBC opposite James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau which will be released this summer. She can currently be seen in features KILLER HEAT with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley and Richard Madden and COLD STORAGE opposite Liam Neeson. Prior to this she was in BAFTA nominated series SHERWOOD (BBC) as well as feature film CENSOR (Film4) and CURSED on Netflix. Clare is best known for playing forensic pathologist Dr. Laura Hobson in INSPECTOR MORSE and it’s spin-off LEWIS. Since the series ended she has continued a fantastic screen trajectory with: RELLIK (BBC One), THE CROWN (Netflix), THE A WORD (BBC), THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL (AMC/BBC), MOTHERFATHERSON (BBC) and, more recently, MIDSOMER MURDERS (ITV). Film credits include BLOOD DIAMOND (Warner Bros.), SUITE FRANCAISE (Alliance Films) and WAITING FOR YOU (Zephyr Films).
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Sara Kestelman
Patricia Gabriel
Sara Kestelman
Patricia Gabriel
Sara will next be seen in feature film, The Physician II, directed by Philipp Stölzl and Slow Horses & Down Cemetery Road both for Apple TV. Olivier and Clarence Derwent Award winner as Fraulein Schneider in Sam Mendes Cabaret (Donmar), Sara has appeared extensively in the West End, with the RSC and the NT including Peter Brook’s A Midsummer Nights Dream, Michael Frayn’s award winning Copenhagen and most recently The Visit.
Other theatre credits include: Filthy Business, Paradise, The Intellectual Homosexual’s Guide (Iho), (Hampstead); Making Noise Quietly, Nine (Donmar); Torch Song Trilogy (Menier Chocolate Factory); 4000 Miles, Ignis (Print Room); The Lady in The Van (Bath); The Girls (Original Cast) and Fiddler On The Roof (Palladium).
Screen credits include: Gentleman Jack (HBO/BBC); This Is Going To Hurt (BBC/AMC); The Chelsea Detective (Acorn TV); Inside No 9 (BBC); In The Flesh (BBC); Rome (HBO/BBC); Lady Jane (Paramount); Break Of Day (Australian Film Commission); Zardoz (20th Century Fox); Lisztomania (Goodtimes Enterprises); Ex Memoria (National Film & Television School).
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Sylvestra Le Touzel
Karin Gabriel
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Karin Gabriel
Screen credits include: The Death of Stalin (Nina Khrushchev, Armando Iannucci, Quad Productions); Radioactive (Eleanor Roosevelt, Marjane Satrapi, Working Title); Mr Turner (Ruskin’s Mother, Mike Leigh, Thin Man Films); Cloud Atlas (Nurse Judd/Aide Lena, Andy Wachowski, Warner Bros); The Iron Lady (Hostess, Phyllida Lloyd, Independent); Happy-Go-Lucky (Heather, Mike Leigh, Thin Man Films); Amazing Grace (Marianne Thornton, Michael Apted, Momentum); Dalgliesh (Muriel Godby, Jon Wright, New Pictures/C5); The Great (Witch, Matthew Moore, Hulu); Sister Boniface Mysteries (Prunella Gladwell, Merlyn Rice, BBC/Britbox); Roadkill (Dame Vanessa Pollard, Michael Keillor, BBC); The English Game (Lady Kinnaird, Birgitte Staermose, Netflix); Intelligence S1–3 (Christine Clark, Matt Lipsey, Sky); The Crown (Dorothy MacMillan, Stephen Daldry, Left Bank Pictures); Endeavour (Mrs Joy Pettybon, Michael Lennox, Mammoth Screen); Death in Paradise (Sandra, Richard Signy, Red Planet); Big School (Ms Steele, Tony Dow, BBC); Utopia (Leah – series regular, Marc Munden, Kudos); Father Brown (Verity, TBC, BBC); The Politician’s Husband(Journalist, Simon Cellan Jones, Daybreak Picture); The Thick of It (Mary Drake – series regular, Armando Iannucci, BBC); Blandings (Veronica, Paul Seed, Mammoth Screen); Secret State (Ros Yelland – series regular, Ed Fraiman, Company One SPV4 Ltd); Threesome (Antonia, Various, Big Talk Productions); Parade’s End (Marchant, Susannah White, Mammoth Screen); Titanic (Lady Duff Gordon – series regular, Jon Jones, Deep Indigo); Dirk Gently (Emelda Ransome, Tom Shankland, ITV); The Appropriate Adult (Hazel – series regular, Julian Jarrold, Deep Indigo); New Tricks (Janice, Robin Sheppard, Wall to Wall); Case Histories (Sylvia, Marc Jobst, Ruby Films); Lewis (Professor Eagleton, Charlie Palmer, ITV); The Accidental Farmer (Judith, Mandie Fletcher, BBC); May Contain Nuts (Ms Reynolds, John Henderson, Tiger Aspect); The Long Walk to Finchley (Patricia, Nial Maccormick, Great Meadows Productions); Bonkers (Harriet, Juliet May, Campus Manor Productions); Northanger Abbey (Mrs Allen, John Jones, Na Film Productions); Housewife 49 (Mrs Lynch, Gavin Miller, Granada); Falling (Anna, Tristrem Powell, Yorkshire Television); Beast – two series (Briony, Various, Pearson); Vanity Fair (Jane Crawley, Mark Munden, BBC); The Uninvited (Joanna, Norman Stone, Zenith); The Gambling Man (Charlotte Kean, Norman Stone, Tyne Tees); Harry Enfield and Chums (Sophie Dim but Royal, Nick Mortimer, Tiger Aspect); Between the Lines 3 (Sarah Teal, Various, BBC); Hour of the Day (Liz, Stuart Burge, BBC); Naming the Names (Finn McQuillan, Stuart Burge, BBC); Mansfield Park (Fanny Price, David Giles, BBC); Crimes (Jane, Stuart Burge, BBC); Donal & Sally (Sally, Ann Head, BBC);
Theatre credits include: Pygmalion (Mrs Higgins, Richard Jones, The Old Vic); Alys Always (Mary, Nicholas Hytner, Bridge Theatre); Hogarth’s Progress (Mrs Needham, Anthony Banks, Rose Theatre); The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Miss Mackay, Polly Findlay, Donmar Warehouse); Giving (Mary, Bijan Sheibani, Hampstead Theatre); Waste (Frances Trebell, Roger Michell, The National); The Audience (Margaret Thatcher, Stephen Daldry, Playful Productions); Merry Wives of Windsor (Mistress Page, Philip Breen, RSC); Les Parents Terribles (Leo, Chris Rolls, Donmar Warehouse); Ivanov(Zinaida, Michael Grandage, Donmar Warehouse); Topless Mum (Kennedy, Caroline Hunt, Tricycle Theatre); Wild East(Dr Pitt, Phyllida Lloyd, Royal Court); Benefactors (Jane, Jeremy Jones, Albery Theatre/Tour); Hayfever (Myra, Declan Donnellan, Albemarle); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia, Jonathan Miller, Almeida Theatre); Les Enfants du Paradis (Natalie, Simon Callow, RSC); An Inspector Calls (Sheila, Stephen Daldry, Aldwych Theatre); Artists and Admirers (Negina, Phyllida Lloyd, RSC); Woman Killed with Kindness (Susan, Katy Mitchell, RSC); Twelfth Night(Viola, Griff Rhys Jones, RSC); Henry IV Part I & II (Lady Percy, Adrian Noble, RSC); Imagine Drowning (Jane, Richard Wilson, Hampstead Theatre); The Illusion (Lise, Richard Jones, Old Vic); Marya (Katya, Roger Mitchell, Old Vic); My Heart’s a Suitcase (Hannah, Max Stafford-Clark, Royal Court); The Fairy Queen (Hermia, Adrian Noble, Aix Festival); Hamlet (Ophelia, Ron Daniels, RSC Tour); Countrymania (Giacinta, Mike Alfreds, National Theatre); The Wandering Jew (Rose/Florine, Mike Alfreds, National Theatre); Ourselves Alone (Freda, Simon Curtis, Royal Court); Dracula (Mina Seward, Peter James, Lyric Hammersmith); The Alchemist (Doll Common, Griff Rhys Jones, Lyric Hammersmith); The London Cuckolds (Arabella, Stuart Burge, Leicester Haymarket); Fall (Anne, Robin Lefevre, Hampstead Theatre); The War at Home (Karen, Mike Attenborough, Hampstead Theatre); Unity (Unity, Jules Wright, Royal Court); The Understanding (Kate, Roger Smith, Strand Theatre); Harvest (Juliet, Alan Dossor, Ambassadors); Glasshouses (Jackie, Annie Castledine, Royal Court); Strange Fruit (Shelly, Jimi Rand, Crucible Sheffield).
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Hermione Norris
Joyce Gabriel
Hermione Norris
Joyce Gabriel
Hermione’s extensive television credits include the hugely successful, long running comedy-drama Cold Feet (ITV) for which she was nominated for a British Comedy Award for her role as Karen Marsden.
Her distinguished range of leading roles in television include: Silent Witness, Riches, Between Two Worlds for Channel 7 Productions, Australia. Highly acclaimed contemporary drama Innocent, Luther, In The Club (two series), Agatha Raisin, Doctor Who, The Crimson Field, Marple: A Caribbean Mystery, A Mothers Son, Outcasts, Bouquet of Barbed Wire, Kingdom (three series), Spooks (four series), for which she won a Best Actress Award at the ITV Crime Thriller Awards for her role as Ros. The Kindness of Strangers, Wire In The Blood (series 2 & 3).
Theatre work includes: Blithe Spirit (West End), Blinded By The Sun (Royal National Theatre), Reader (Traverse Theatre), Look Back In Anger and Charley’s Aunt (Royal Exchange Theatre) and September Tide (Comedy Theatre).
In film, Hermione’s work includes: Love Of My Life, Separate Lives, Quicksand, Born Romantic and Mad Cows. Hermione was recently seen in The Salt Path alongside Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs.
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Owen Teale
George Gabriel
Owen Teale
George Gabriel
Theatre credits include: A Christmas Carol (Old Vic, London and Comedy Theatre, Melbourne); Rutherford and Son (Sheffield Crucible); No Man’s Land (Wyndham’s Theatre and UK tour); Gaslight (Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto); The Broken Heart (Globe Theatre); Under Milk Wood (Theatre Clwyd and tour); Macbeth and Mary Stuart (Theatre Clwyd); Creditors (Donmar Warehouse); The Dance of Death (Lyric Theatre); The Country (Royal Court); A Doll’s House (West End and Broadway); Love’s Labour’s Lost, King Lear and Julius Caesar (Royal Shakespeare Company).
Screen credits include: Game of Thrones (HBO); Line of Duty (BBC); The Rig (Wild Mercury Productions); Wolf (BBC One and BBC Wales); A Discovery of Witches (Bad Wolf); The Pembrokeshire Murders (Severn Screen); Traitors (Channel 4); Deep State (Endor for FOX); River (Kudos/BBC); Stella (Sky);The Hollow Crown (Neal Street/BBC); Silk (BBC); Torchwood (BBC); Cleopatra (Hallmark); Kidnap and Ransom (ITV); The Children (ITV); The Last Detective, Lewis (ITV); Save The Cinema (Sky); Dream Horse (Cornerstone Films); Tolkein (Fox Searchlight Pictures); Nocturne (Bonafide Films); Conspiracy (HBO); The Last Legion (De Laurentis Company); King Arthur (Greenhill Productions); Robin Hood (FOX) and The Cherry Orchard (Melanda Film).
Owen trained at the Guildford School of Acting. In 2022 he won the Best Actor at the BAFTA Cymru Awards for Dream Horse, and the 1997 Tony Award for Best Supporting Actor for A Doll’s House.
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Richard Nelson
Richard Nelson
Richard Nelson has directed over twenty of his plays, as well as those by Chekhov and Turgenev. His plays include The Michaels, Illyria, The Gabriels (Hungry, What Did You Expect? and Women of a Certain Age), The Apple Family Plays (That Hopey Changey Thing, Sweet and Sad, Sorry and Regular Singing), Conversations in Tusculum, Nikolai and the Others, Farewell to the Theatre, An Actor Convalescing in Devon, Goodnight Children Everywhere (Olivier Award Best Play), Two Shakespearean Actors (Tony Nomination, Best Play), Some Americans Abroad (Olivier Nomination, Best Comedy) and others. His musicals include James Joyce’s The Dead (with Shaun Davey, Tony Award Best Book of a Musical, Tony nomination for Best Musical); his screenplays include Hyde Park on Hudson (directed by Roger Michell). With Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, he has co-translated plays by Chekhov, Gogol, Turgenev and Bulgakov. He is an honorary associate artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company and recipient of the PEN/Laura Pels ‘Master Playwright’ Award. He recently directed his play, Notre Vie Dans l’Artat the Théâtre du Soleil, in Paris, translated by Ariane Mnouchkine. He lives in Upstate New York.
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Clarissa Brown
Clarissa Brown
Clarissa first worked with Richard Nelson at the RSC as Assistant Director to Roger Michell on Nelson’s award-winning play Two Shakespearean Actors (1990) and most recently she directed his play An Actor Convalescing in Devon–a one man play written specially for actor Paul Jesson which premiered at Hampstead Downstairs (2024) before touring to the Ustinov, Bath Theatre Royal and the RSC Swan (2025). She has run a number of new writing projects at The Other Place and is an Associate Director of Claque Theatre, founders of Ann Jellicoe’s community play movement –another interest shared with Richard Nelson. Here she directed numerous promenade plays by Jon Oram including their collaboration on the Fightback tour with the Kent Miners. Her work on David Edgar’s community play Entertaining Strangers led to her being Researcher and Associate Director on Edgar’s RSC play Pentecost which won Best New Play of The Year Award. She has made documentaries with Films of Record, received two play commissions from the Hong Kong Fringe and the British Council. Her play Erosion received a commendation from Soho Theatre’s Westminster Prize.
The Gabriels freesheet
The Gabriels freesheet
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