Albion (2017)

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Albion (2017) is a contemporary play by Mike Bartlett that explores themes of English identity, nostalgia, and social change through the story of a woman restoring a historic country garden.

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instanceOf play
theatrical work
author Mike Bartlett NERFINISHED
broadcast BBC Four television broadcast of stage production
comparedTo The Cherry Orchard NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception generally positive reviews
directorOfPremiere Rupert Goold NERFINISHED
explores conflict between urban and rural values
generational divides in attitudes to England
tension between personal grief and national identity
featuresCharacter Anna NERFINISHED
Audrey Walters NERFINISHED
Cheryl NERFINISHED
Edward NERFINISHED
Gabriel NERFINISHED
Katherine NERFINISHED
Matthew NERFINISHED
Paul NERFINISHED
Zara NERFINISHED
firstPerformanceDate 2017-10-10
genre contemporary drama
political drama
social drama
imprintOfPlaytext Methuen Drama NERFINISHED
mainTheme English identity
class
grief
nationalism
nostalgia
social change
notableProduction 2017 Almeida Theatre production
notableRevival 2020 Almeida Theatre revival
originalLanguage English
placeOfFirstPerformance Almeida Theatre NERFINISHED
London NERFINISHED
plotSummary A successful businesswoman buys a historic country house and attempts to restore its famous garden as a symbol of a certain vision of England.
premiereYear 2017
producedBy Almeida Theatre NERFINISHED
protagonist Audrey Walters NERFINISHED
publisherOfPlaytext Bloomsbury Publishing NERFINISHED
setting English country house garden
rural England
structure two-act play
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary England
writer Mike Bartlett NERFINISHED

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Almeida Theatre notableProduction Albion (2017)