Sophie Treadwell's 'Machinal' was performed in the Jack Hylton Room on the 24th, 25th, and 26th of June 2023
Cast & CrewDirector: Isaac Gavin
Producer: Alice Dyer Stage Managers: Kianna White, Imogen Cowburn, and Michael Kezaala Assistant Directors: Ellie Leatherby and Freddie Domoney-Gardner Shadow Director: Holly McIlwain Assistant Producers: Millie Ashton and Daisy Bashforth Assistant Stage Managers: Alice Dearden and Carys English Cast: The Young Woman - Roisin McMullan The Husband - Henry Blackburn The Lover - Adam Dixon The Mother - Anna Mullick Doctor Multirole - Jonah Wild Priest Multirole - Jasper Isaacs Filing Clerk Multirole - Matteo Cappellini Lawyer for Defense Multirole - Floris Bujard Nurse Multirole - Charlotte Thompson Clerk Multirole - Anselm Winner Judge Multirole - Jozef Ruben The Telephone Girl - Angel White |
Synopsis
A young woman works as a low-level stenographer and lives with her mother. She follows the rituals that society expects of a woman, however resistant she may feel about them. She subsequently marries her boss, whom she finds repulsive. After having a baby with him, she has an affair with a younger man who fuels her lust for life. Driven to murder her husband, she is convicted of the crime and is executed in the electric chair.
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