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Middlemarch - Royal Shakespeare Company

Middlemarch Part 1 & 2

Swan Theatre, RSC

Writer GEORGE ELIOT

Adaptor NINA RAINE

Director JEREMY HERRIN

Designer GRACE SMART

Movement Director LUCY CULLINGFORD

Lighting Designer BEN JACOBS

Sound Designer NICOLA CHANGE

Composer PAUL ENGLISHBY

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George Eliot’s commanding, expansive ‘study of provincial life’ in a fictional 1832 Midlands town on the precipice of change. 

‘Good small work for Middlemarch, and great work for the world.’

As the community of Middlemarch confront the dawning of social progress and political reform – embraced by some and opposed by others – a series of private stories emerge. From devout optimist Dorothea Brooke and ambitious young doctor Tertius Lydgate, to principled pragmatist Mary Garth and the morally deficient Nicholas Bulstrode, these are lives defined by hope. But, fettered by family responsibility, financial bonds and damaging secrets, each will see their personal ideals crash against reality. 

Nina Raine's new stage adaptation brings George Eliot into the characters' world, as narrator, confidante and counsellor. 

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Photo Credit: Johan Perrson