This summer, the world premiere of Mrs Orwell starring Cressida Bonas and Peter Hamilton Dyer will be brought to life at the Old Red Lion. This exciting play is based on actual events.
University College Hospital, London, 1949. George Orwell is in the last chapter of his life with a severe case of Tuberculosis. He still believes he has at least three novels in him so to keep his morale up he promptly proposes to friend Sonia Brownell (played by Bonas), a 30 year old assistant magazine editor. When Sonia learns that she is his only hope, she must decide whether to succumb to the advances of Lucien Freud or enter a platonic marriage with one of the country’s most renowned writers.
Mrs Orwell is at The Old Red Lion Theatre 1st – 26th August 2017.
