Table

Tanya Ronder

Summary

Six generations, twenty-three characters one very special piece of furniture. Tanya Ronder's thrilling play is an epic tale of belonging, identity and the things we pass on.
Table was the first play to be staged in The Shed, a temporary venue at the National Theatre, London, to celebrate original, ambitious and unexpected theatre. It premiered in April 2013 in a production directed by Rufus Norris.
'Highly inventive and often touching' Telegraph
'Tremendous... richly textured' Guardian

Available since: 05/16/2013.

Print length: 112 pages.

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