About The Show

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“In my life, I’ve always done what I’ve wanted.”

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Three years after leaving her unfaithful husband and striking out as an artist, Agnes receives his letter ordering her home. But Agnes married young; her innocence has gone and her ambition is growing. Fleeing to France to find a new future, pursued by the besotted Alec and worldly-wise Otho, can Agnes seize the chance to shape her own life?

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Hailed as a long-lost masterpiece, Harley Granville Barker's compelling exploration of love, sexual attraction and independence was written in 1900 and unearthed in the British Library a century later.

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Former Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre, Sir Trevor Nunn, directs.