The Way of the World
Public Dress Rehearsal
Preview
Talkback
Audio Described
Captioned
Signed
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Presented at Crucible
Running time: Approx. 2 hours 20 minutes plus an interval of 20 mins
When you live in a world of extravagant parties, outrageous fashion and scandalous gossip, image is everything.
So when Mirabell, a man with a reputation for wine, women and song, decides to go after the girl of his dreams, he knows it won’t be easy. For one, he’ll need the consent of the formidable Lady Wishfort before he can make his match. And to get that, he’ll have to resort to what he does best: deceit, slander and seduction…
A fresh new staging of William Congreve’s classic Restoration Comedy about morals, money and everything in between.
| Thu 2 Feb | 7:30pm | Public Dress Rehearsal | Call Box Office: 0114 249 6000 | |
| Fri 3 Feb | 7:30pm | Preview | ||
| Sat 4 Feb | 7:30pm | Preview | ||
| Mon 6 Feb | 7:30pm | Preview | ||
| Tue 7 Feb | 7:30pm | |||
| Wed 8 Feb | 7:30pm | |||
| Thu 9 Feb | 7:30pm | |||
| Fri 10 Feb | 7:30pm | |||
| Sat 11 Feb | 2:30pm | |||
| Sat 11 Feb | 7:30pm | |||
| Tue 14 Feb | 7:30pm | |||
| Wed 15 Feb | 2:30pm | |||
| Wed 15 Feb | 7:30pm | |||
| Thu 16 Feb | 7:30pm | Talkback, Audio Described | ||
| Fri 17 Feb | 7:30pm | |||
| Sat 18 Feb | 2:30pm | Captioned | ||
| Sat 18 Feb | 7:30pm | |||
| Tue 21 Feb | 7:30pm | Signed | ||
| Wed 22 Feb | 2:30pm | |||
| Wed 22 Feb | 7:30pm | |||
| Thu 23 Feb | 7:30pm | |||
| Fri 24 Feb | 7:30pm | Call Box Office: 0114 249 6000 | ||
| Sat 25 Feb | 2:30pm | |||
| Sat 25 Feb | 7:30pm |
4 stars The Times 4 stars The Sunday Times
‘brilliantly alert’
‘Outstanding are Deborah Findlay’s plaintive matriarch, Lucy Briggs-Owen’s plush misery and Leo Bill’s sulky loser’
The Sunday Times
‘Lyndsey Turner’s modern-dress revival of William Congreve’s 1700 classic proves highly pleasurable’
‘glossy, highly handsome’
‘(Deborah) Findlay…provides an object lesson in comic playing’
‘Samuel Barnett as an extravagant fop… sets the house on a roar’
The Guardian
‘Turner has assembled a fine cast’
‘winning performances’
The Daily Telegraph
‘TWOTW is nourishment for the eyes and ears’
The Star
‘The Way of the World, struts into the Crucible on killer heels’
‘a restoration comedy that fashion designer Alexander McQueen would have been proud of’
The Stage
‘Together with her talented cast, Turner – who has to be one of the most exciting young directors around – has cleverly brought Congreve’s infrequently-performed play bang up to date’
‘The ensemble cast really are superb’
‘delightfully contemporary whilst also evoking an air of the 17th century’
Exeunt Magazine
‘Congreve’s dialogue sparkles with witty gems that come thick and fast’
Sheffield Telegraph
The Cast
Richard Attlee
Waitwell
Samuel Barnett
Witwoud
Leo Bill
Fainall
Lucy Briggs-Owen
Mrs Fainall
Deborah Findlay
Lady Wishfort
Joel Gillman
Petulant
Richard Goulding
Sir Willful Witwoud
Daisy Lewis
Mrs Marwood
Ben Lloyd Hughes
Mirabell
Rachel Lumberg
Foible
Sinead Matthews
Millamant
Harry Waller
John
Kirsty Woodward
Betty/Mincing
Creatives
Lyndsey Turner
Director
Naomi Wilkinson
Designer
Rick Fisher
Lighting Designer
Tom Mills
Composer & Sound Designer
Alistair David
Choreographer
Crucible
The Crucible is the main producing venue in the Sheffield Theatres complex. On occasion, the Crucible hosts touring work. The Crucible is also the home of the annual World Snooker Championship.
The performance area is a thrust stage which extends into the auditorium, enabling the audience to watch the action on three sides. No member of the audience is ever further than 22 metres from the stage, and the sightlines are excellent, offering equality of experience across the auditorium.
- 55 Norfolk St, Sheffield, S1 1DA, South Yorkshire , United Kingdom
- Box Office: 0114 249 6000
