THE FORSYTE SAGA PART 1: IRENE

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Run Dates

2025.11.28 ~ 2026.01.10

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About the show

1886. The Empire is at its peak. Business is good for the Forsytes. Over sixty years they have invested, acquired and saved their way towards wealth. But the Forsyte lust for ownership is relentless. Soames’ possessive love for his wife Irene shatters their marriage. Her break for freedom triggers events which reverberate down the generations. John Galsworthy’s Nobel-winning saga about love, ownership and the end of Empire is retold by Shaun McKenna and Lin Coghlan across two plays, spanning over 40 years from 1886 to 1927. Josh Roche revives his acclaimed, two-part production, The Forsyte Saga Part 1: Irene and The Forsyte Saga Part 2: Fleur, with Fiona Hampton, Joseph Millson and Flora Spencer-Longhurst reprising their roles as Irene, Soames and Fleur.

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CAST Emma Amos – Emily Forsyte / Juley Forsyte Paul Carroll – Ensemble Fiona Hampton – Irene Forsyte Nigel Hastings – James Forsyte Michael Lumsden – Jolyon Forsyte / Swithin / Doctor Abigail Mahony – Ensemble Joseph Milson – Soames Forsyte Florence Roberts – June Forsyte / Annette Forsyte Andy Rush – Philp Boisinney / Mr Polteed Flora Spencer-Longhurst – Fleur Forsyte Jamie Wilkes – Jo Forsyte / Policeman CREATIVE TEAM Original Writer – John Galsworthy Adapting Playwrights – Shaun McKenna and Lin Coghlan Director – Josh Roche Set & Costume Designer – Anna Yates Lighting Designer – Alex Musgrave Composer & Sound Designer – Max Pappenheim Movement Director – Patrice Bowler Additional Casting – Matthew Dewsbury CDG Voice and Dialect – Paula Stephens Assistant Director – Sara Amini Fight Consultant – Haruka Kuroda production photo © Cam Harle

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Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Stratford

United Kingdom

Stratford

United Kingdom

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