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Height of the Storm, The

André and Madeleine have been in love for over fifty years. This weekend, as their daughters visit, something feels unusual...

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: Present Day
  • Target Audience: Adult
André and Madeleine have been in love for over fifty years. This weekend, as their daughters visit, something feels unusual. A bunch of flowers arrive, but who sent them? A woman from the past turns up, but who is she? And why does André feel like he isn’t there at all?

Christopher Hampton’s translation of Florian Zeller’s The Height of the Storm was first performed at Richmond Theatre, London, and opened in the West End at Wyndham’s Theatre in October 2018.

REVIEWS:

"A deeply moving study of love, loss and the unbearable pain of absence..."

 The Guardian

"Zeller silkily interweaves layers of time and memory in this elegiac meditation on ageing, frailty and loneliness, fluidly rendered in Christopher Hampton's translation."

 Evening Standard

"Deeply moving. A play that takes us to the edge of what it is to love."

 The Times

Premiere Production: Avant de s’envoler in its original French production opened at the Théâtre de l’Oeuvre, Paris on 5 October 2016.
  • Casting: 2M, 4F

ANNE – daughter
ANDRÉ – father
MADELEINE – mother
ÉLISE – second daughter
A WOMAN

A MAN

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André and Madeleine have been in love for over fifty years. This weekend, as their daughters visit, something feels unusual. A bunch of flowers arrive, but who sent them? A woman from the past turns up, but who is she? And why does André feel like he isn’t there at all?

Christopher Hampton’s translation of Florian Zeller’s The Height of the Storm was first performed at Richmond Theatre, London, and opened in the West End at Wyndham’s Theatre in October 2018.

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