Spring Production 2022
The Graduate
Adapted by
Terry Johnson
Based on the novel by
Charles Webb
And the motion picture screenplay by
Calder Willingham and Buck Henry
By special arrangement with
Studio Canal
Originally Produced on the London and Broadway Stage by
John Reid and Sacha Brooks
Directors
Carolyn Chinn
Production dates
6th - 9th April
The Burgess Hill Theatre,
98 Church Walk, Burgess Hill RH15 9AS
Synopsis
Benjamin Braddock is ‘the graduate’. He is 21, a brilliant student from a good neighbourhood with loving parents and endless prospects for a shiny, bright future. He’s also in the throes of a deep existential crisis.
Feeling increasingly disconnected from the ‘plastic’ suburban world of his parents, Benjamin tenuously embarks on an affair with Mrs. Robinson – the sultry wife of his father’s business partner, before accidentally falling in love with her daughter, Elaine.
This dark comedy is a coming-of-age story that explores family dysfunction, crumbling marriages, disillusionment and love set against the backdrop of sunny California in the swinging 1960s.
Box Office
Saturdays 19th March & 2nd April only 10am to 1pm at the
Burgess Hill Theatre in Church Walk.
Online from 19th March
Groups, Wheelchair Users &
Box Office enquiries
please phone: 07483 116873
Cast
Benjamin: Robson Ternouth
Mrs Robinson: Adrienne Chinn
Mr Robinson: Philip Hawkins
Elaine: Sophie Davies
Mr Braddock: Archie Tipple
Mrs Braddock: Laura Witham
Hotel Clerk / Stripper /
Psychiatrist / Wedding Guest: Luisa Deas
Receptionist / Bartender /
Maid of Honour: Gemma Masters
Bell Hop / Bar customer /
Priest: Andy Squires
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