The Straw Chair
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1735. Isabel, barely seventeen, is sent from Edinburgh and the life she has always known, to live with her new husband on Gaelic-speaking St Kilda, an island on the furthest edges of the Outer Hebrides, in the storm-tossed waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
Struggling to adapt to island life, Isabel meets Rachel – a wild, seemingly mad woman, shunned by the local inhabitants. Over time, Isabel learns that Rachel is none other than the infamous Lady Grange, kidnapped by her husband following their bitter divorce and long imprisoned on the island. Lady Grange clings with tragic dignity to the two things she has left in the world – a consuming rage and an old straw chair.
Inspired by a true story, THE STRAW CHAIR is a modern Scottish classic, exploring liberty, marriage, madness and incarceration, and female empowerment, against the backdrop of the lost way of life of the Western Isles. (Finborough Theatre synopsis, 2023)
Cast & Crew
Cast
| Aneas | Martin McBride |
|---|---|
| Isabel | Pamela Reid |
| Lady Rachel Grange | Selina Boyack |
| Oona | Ceit Kearney |
Crew | |
| Director | Liz Carruthers |
| Fight Director | EmmaClaire Brightlyn |
| Lighting Designer | Bevis Evans-Teusch |
| Lighting Designer | Dave Shea |
| Set and Costume Designer | Claire Halleran |
| Sound Designer | Jamie Wardrop |
| Costume Maker | Rebecca Coyle |
| Creative Producer | Liz Burton-King |
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