The Forsyte Saga Parts 1 & 2

In association with a production and tour of the plays

An epic period drama adapted for the stage from John Galsworthy's best-selling novels The Forsyte Saga. Bringing the unheard female voices to the fore for the first time, the plays span from the last gasp of the Victorian age to the beginning of the roaring 1920s, in this tale of sex, money and power.

London, 1886. Wealthy solicitor Soames Forsyte is a man of property, and his beautiful wife Irene is his most prized possession. When he commissions an architect to build a new house for her, their marriage begins to fall apart until a shocking incident destroys it. Soames’ daughter, Fleur, is haunted by the family secret as history begins to repeat itself… 

Newly dramatized, the authors bring the unheard female voices to the fore for the first time. Spanning from the last gasp of the Victorian age to the beginning of the roaring 1920s, this is an epic tale of sex, money and power.