World Premiere
Creditors
ADAPTATION BY HOWARD BRENTON.
DIRECTED BY TOM LITTLER.
1 June 2019
Overview
“No, when you’ve been deceived, even just once, you arm yourself.”
Adolph, a young artist, is deeply in love with his new wife Tekla. She’s intelligent, educated, and experienced. He loves her independence and sophistication. Sometimes he worries he’s not her equal. But a chance meeting with a suave stranger in a seaside hotel shakes Adolph’s devotion to the core.
Passionate, dangerously funny, and enduringly perceptive, Creditors is a wickedly enjoyable black comedy, regarded by Strindberg as his masterpiece.
August Strindberg is ranked alongside Chekhov and Ibsen as a master of theatrical realism.
Howard Brenton is a multi award-winning playwright whose plays have recently appeared at the National Theatre, Hampstead Theatre, and Shakespeare’s Globe.
Tom Littler is Artistic Director of Jermyn Street Theatre.
People
Tekla
Adolph
Gustaf
Playwright
Adaptor
Lighting design
Music and sound design
Media
“A superb staging of strindberg's tragicomedy.”
“Splendid performances, a fine adaptation and first-rate direction.”
“A deep and richly nuanced production.”
“Director Tom Littler and the cast completely deliver.”
“The performances are remarkable.”
“Watching this vibrant cast of three feint and parry with the greatest of all weapons – the human mind – was just rather delicious.”