Lucifer Saved
by Peter Oswald
by Peter Oswald
Lucifer Saved explores the dark past and amnesia of a former Army Chaplain, who, along with his fellow comrades, must confront their tragic history when a chaotic circus arrives in post-World War II England.
About The Play
About The Play
Lucian Willow has a dark past; so dark he can’t remember it. Twenty years after the end of the Second World War, a former Army Chaplain lives in a state of amnesia on his old comrade Lord Brook’s country estate, deep in the slumbering fields of England. The arrival of a circus from across the channel – with its anarchic forces of magic and comedy – impels these wounded men to confront their horrifying and entangled past. Written in verse and prose, Lucifer Saved is an astonishing interweaving of modern story and Christian myth, of tragedy and comedy, by one of the UK’s foremost verse playwrights.
A reading of Lucifer Saved with Mark Rylance was also presented at the Finborough Theatre in 2006. Details here .
Cast includes: Penelope Dimond. Richard Franklin. Ria Jones. Jacob Krichefski. Tom Sangster. Pericles Snowdon. Liana Weafer.