Performance

VenueRoyal Court - Jerwood Theatre
Other spaces: Downstairs, Upstairs
TownWest End
CountyGreater London
From2nd June 2011
Opened7th June 2011
To16th July 2011
WhenMon-Sat 19:30. Thu Mat 14:30 (from Jun 16). Sat Mat 14:30 (from Jun 11). Jun 7 19:00
PricesFrom £12.00. To £28.00.
What is currently on at Royal Court - Jerwood Theatre (V411)

Chicken Soup with Barley

Chicken Soup with BarleyT1644856146
A landmark play in the history of post-war British theatre, Chicken Soup with Barley is a political drama based upon Wesker's own experiences of growing up in a Jewish family in the East End of London. Spanning three decades, it documents the effect of post-war social issues on Jewish families such as Wesker's. For the Kahn family the Promised Land is neither the Jerusalem of their forebears, not the basement flat they live in now. Their dreams of a better world is sustained by the vitality of the community around them, and is put to the test in the anti-fascist riots of the 1930s. History begins to take its toll as the mother's ideals and resilience contend with a father's weakness in a deeply moving portrait of the forces that drive us apart, and the ties that bind us together.
Author Arnold Wesker


Archive :: production:T1644856146, play:S01750201951, venue:V411

Production details

Downstairs

Special Performances


  • 21 Jun 11 Captioned
  • 2 Jul 11 Audio Described

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Company

Corporate Sponsor Coutts & Co
Producer Royal Court Theatre
Director Dominic Cooke
Design Ultz
Lighting Charles Balfour
Sound Gareth Fry
Music Gary Yershon
Performer Samantha Spiro (Sarah Khan)
Performer Jenna Augen (Ada Kahn)
Performer Steve Furst (Hymie Kossof)
Performer Joel Gillman (Dave Simmonds)
Performer Ilan Goodman (Prince Silver)
Performer Harry Peacock (Money Blatt)
Performer Tom Rosenthal (Ronnie Kahn)
Performer Danny Webb (Harry Kahn)
Performer Alexis Zegerman (Cissie)
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