The Bargain

Ian Curteis

Production Information

“Susan Hampshire leads a hugely talented cast alongside Michael Pennington in this wickedly sharp, sophisticated new black comedy.”

“In a luxurious Thames-side apartment an extraordinary and unlikely union is about to take place. ‘The Bargain’ is a witty, captivating account of an astonishing event in 1988.

Three years before his body was found floating in the Atlantic, Robert Maxwell sealed a deal with Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

The outsized Robert Maxwell was a newspaper tycoon, football fan and big spender. Diminutive Mother Teresa was a living saint, comforter of the poor, missionary and nun. Remarkably, they found they had much in common!”

(this is taken from the Theatre Royal Bath brochure.)

Venue/Date

Theatre Royal, Bath 13-24^th March 2007 (so this rules out Michael reprising his narrating role in ‘Venue and Adonis’ in Stratford).

Malvern theatre, 26^th-31^st March 2007

Theatre Royal, Brighton 16-21^st April 2007.

Milton Keynes Theatre 23^rd-28^th April 2007

Cambridge Arts Theatre 30^th April – 5^th May

Richmond Theatre, Surrey 7^th-12^th May 2007

Theatre Royal Windsor 14^th-19^th May 2007

Cast

Robert Maxwell Michael Pennington

Sister Susan Hampshire

Mother Teresa Anna Calder Marshall

Sidekick Jonathan Coy

Director James Roose Evans

Click here to read an article on the play by Geraldine Bedell which appeared in The Observer on 4^th March 2007.

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