Hangover Square
by Patrick Hamilton Adapted for the Stage by Fidelis Morgan
by Patrick Hamilton Adapted for the Stage by Fidelis Morgan
Hangover Square is a darkly comic exploration of loneliness and obsession set in pre-war Earls Court, following the troubled alcoholic George Harvey Bone as he becomes infatuated with the disdainful actress Netta, culminating in his violent realization of his feelings.
About The Play
About The Play
Time Out Critics’ Choice
★★★★ Four Stars, The Times
★★★★ Four Stars, Evening Standard
★★★★ Four Stars, Time Out
★★★★ Four Stars, WhatsOnStage
★★★★ Four Stars, Financial Times
“One of the great books of the twentieth century” The Independent on Sunday
Set in darkest Earls Court just before the outbreak of the Second World War and written by local author Patrick Hamilton, Hangover Square is at last performed in its natural home – at Earls Court’s Finborough Theatre.
A classic story of loneliness, obsession and addiction in pre–war Earls Court, set against an atmospheric film noir backdrop. Alcoholic George Harvey Bone is hopelessly infatuated with a young actress, Netta, who is cool, hopelessly desirable and utterly contemptuous of him. As Bone faces “the end of hope and love” as he falls under Netta’s spell, he is cast adrift in an unsettling, seductive, darkly comic world of seedy saloon bars, lodging houses and boozing philosophers – except in his “dead” moments, when something goes click in his head and he realizes, without doubt, that he must kill her….