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BY NAOMI WALLACE & MARCUS REDIKER

DIRECTED BY RON DANIELS

 

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WORLD PREMIERE

THE RETURN OF

BENJAMIN LAY

PRODUCTIONS
ABOUT

2023. A Quaker meeting house on the Finborough Road – or is it a theatre?

Benjamin Lay – shepherd, sailor, prophet, and the British Empire’s first revolutionary abolitionist – returns from the grave almost 300 years after his death, as feisty and unpredictable as ever.

A 4ft tall “Little David” confronts the “Goliath” of slavery once again as he pleads to be readmitted into the Quaker community that has disowned him and who still believe him to be dangerous.

Now, “trembling at the edge of playing God himself”, how far will Benjamin go as he stares down his accusers?

 

Continuing a unique decade-long collaboration between multi-award-winning playwright Naomi Wallace and multi-award-winning historian Marcus Rediker, featuring acclaimed American actor Mark Povinelli and directed by RSC Honorary Associate Director Ron Daniels, The Return of Benjamin Lay sweeps across the centuries in a bold exploration of an utterly impossible man.

★★★★★ PLAYS TO SEE

★★★★★ ADVENTURES IN THEATRELAND

★★★★ BROADWAY WORLD

★★★★ CLOSEUP CULTURE

★★★★ REVIEWSGATE

★★★★ NORTH WEST END

★★★★ LOUREVIEWS

★★★★ PAUL IN LONDON

PRODUCTION
PHOTOS
TEAM

WRITER

NAOMI WALLACE & MARCUS REDIKER

DIRECTOR

RON DANIELS

SET DESIGNER

RICARRDO HERNANDEZ & ISOBEL NICOLSON

COSTUME DESIGNER

ISOBEL NICOLSON

LIGHTING

ANTHONY DORAN

SOUND

JOHN LEONARD

STAGE MANAGER

MARTHA J BALDWIN

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

MARTHA J BALDWIN

PRODUCED BY ARSALAN SATTARI PRODUCTIONS

WITH FINBOROUGH THEATRE

CAST
REHEARSAL
PHOTOS
PRESS

COMING SOON

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