THE REAR COLUMN

	The Rear Column tells the story of five soldiers stranded in the jungle of the Congo Free State in 1887. They are awaiting the return of the explorer, Henry Morgan Stanley, who has gone to relieve Emin Pasha, General Gordon’s last surviving lieutenant in the Sudan. As food and medicines run out, and the porters become restless, the endurance and sanity of the whole group, and their relationships with one another, are sorely tested.

PRODUCTION HISTORY 

The Rear Column was presented by Michael Codron on 22nd February 1978 at the Globe Theatre, London.

The cast was as follows:

BONNY – Donald Gee

JAMESON – Jeremy Irons

WARD – Simon Ward

TROUP – Clive Francis

BARTTELOT – Barry Foster

STANLEY – Michael Forrest

JOHN HENRY – Riba Akabusi

NATIVE WOMAN – Dorrett Thompson

Director: Harold Pinter

Designer: Eileen Diss

Lighting: Nick Chelto

Costumes: Elizabeth Walker

Selected other productions of The Rear Column

The Rear Column was filmed for television in 1980, also directed by Harold Pinter

PUBLISHING INFORMATION

The Rear Column is now available as a Faber Contemporary Classic in Simon Gray: Plays 3. To order a copy on special offer at 25% discount please contact Faber using code GRAYPLAYS. Or check out the plays section of our bookshop. The Rear Column is also published in the following editions: The Definitive Simon Gray Volume II (Faber and Faber 1993 ISBN 0-571-16453-6)    Plays 1 (Methuen 1986 ISBN 978-0413404206)    The Rear Column, Molly and Man in a Side Car (Eyre Methuen 1978)    The Rear Column (Samuel French US)

LICENSING INFORMATION

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