Machinal
This provocative drama of the 1920s offers one of the greatest female roles in theatre – challenging, powerful, emotive and poignant – which has been portrayed by many renowned actresses of the British stage.
Machinal is based on a fascinating true story uncovered by Sophie Treadwell while working as a journalist in America between the wars. Among her assignments was the sensational case involving Ruth Snyder, who with her lover Judd Gray, had murdered her husband and been sent to the electric chair.
This fascinating case has inspired countless plays, movies, books and songs as diverse as Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity, The Postman Always Rings Twice, William March’s The Bad Seeds and Guns’n’Roses Use Your Illusion albums.
Cast & Crew
Cast
| Ensemble | Daniel Abelson |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Sam Alexander |
| Ensemble | Steven Beard |
| Ensemble | Daniel Bowerbank |
| Ensemble | Imogen Daines |
| Ensemble | Carla Harrison-Hodge |
| Ensemble | Emilio Iannucci |
| Ensemble | Pierro Niel-Mee |
| Ensemble | Wendy Nottingham |
| Husband | Tim Frances |
| Mother | Buffy Davis |
| Young Woman | Rosie Sheehy |
Crew | |
| Assistant Director | Stanley Wade |
| Casting Director | Ginny Schiller |
| Costume Designer | Nicky Gillibrand |
| Director | Richard Jones |
| Intimacy & Fight Director | Enric Ortuño |
| Lighting Designer | Adam Silverman |
| Movement Director | Sarah Fahie |
| Production Photographs | Foteini Christofilopoulou |
| Set Designer | Hyemi Shin |
| Sound Designer | Benjamin Grant |
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Photo credits
- Machinal by Foteini Christofilopoulou, Creative Commons Attribution
- Machinal by Foteini Christofilopoulou, Creative Commons Attribution
- Machinal by Foteini Christofilopoulou, Creative Commons Attribution
- Machinal by Foteini Christofilopoulou, Creative Commons Attribution
- Machinal by Foteini Christofilopoulou, Creative Commons Attribution
- Machinal by Foteini Christofilopoulou, Creative Commons Attribution
- Machinal by Foteini Christofilopoulou, Creative Commons Attribution
- Machinal by Foteini Christofilopoulou, Creative Commons Attribution
- Machinal by Foteini Christofilopoulou, Creative Commons Attribution
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