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Starring
Hayley Mills, Paul Hecht and Brigit Forsyth, Charlotte Jones' poignant
and hilarious play follows the story of beautiful ex-bunny girl
Flora and her troubled astrophysicist son Felix.
Together
they are mourning their beekeeping husband and father, the late
James Humble. But this is sadness with a delicious sting in its
tail.
Gently
echoing the themes of Shakespeare's Hamlet, Humble Boy explores
love, longing and death with a haunting and unforgettable humanity.
The
play premiered at the National Theatre in August 2001, where it
was widely acclaimed as one of the finest new plays of recent years,
winning a number of awards including the Critics' Circle Best New
Play.
It
went on to complete two successful runs in the West End and just
recently a run in New York at the Manhattan Theatre Club.
This
UK tour stars Hayley Mills as Flora with Paul Hecht as George Pye.
The company also includes Brigit Forsyth probably best known as
Thelma from Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads and more recently
seen in Playing the Field, John Burgess, recently seen in C4's Brookside;
Hugh Sachs as Felix Humble and Carla Lang as Rosie Pye.
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