2 days 1 nights/B&B
£228.00 pp in a single room
£60.00 Deposit
£N/A Insurance
Overview
This night away takes us to Oxford for the evening performance of Terence Rattigans Summer 1954, comprising two of Rattigans one act masterpieces Table Number 7 and The Browning Version. There will be time in Oxford before the performance for you to explore and have a meal. On day two we enjoy a visit to Hughenden Manor NT before getting back to Maresfield in daylight.
Summer 1954
The atmosphere at The Beauregard Private Hotel, Bournemouth, is marked by a blend of repressed emotions and post-war gentility. Each of the staff and guests has their own reason for seeking the solace of quiet anonymity but trying to hide from the social and cultural change sweeping over the country is proving impossible. Meanwhile, in the heart of the Midlands, the end of the school term brings to a climax the intrigues, deceptions and lies in the lives of its teachers. The ensuing implosion of classicist Andrew Crocker Harris’s career triggers the collapse of his marriage. Britain is changing. Nothing will ever be the same again. Terence Rattigan’s one act masterpieces Table Number Seven (from Separate Tables) and The Browning Version are paired for the first time, capturing one quietly momentous evening seventy years ago. Together, they confirm Rattigan as one of the great twentieth century chroniclers of the paradoxes of the human heart. Directed by Olivier and UK Theatre Award winner James Dacre, an ensemble cast will perform both plays, led by Olivier Award winner Nathaniel Parker and BAFTA winner Dame Siân Phillips.
Itinerary
Wednesday 12th February
We depart the Maresfield area at approximately midday and head north, having made a suitable comfort stop we arrive in Oxford mid-afternoon allowing time for some sightseeing and to get a meal before this evening’s performance. After the performance we drive to our hotel.
Thursday 13th February
After a leisurely breakfast we depart the hotel and make our way to Hughenden Manor NT, the former home of Benjamin Disraeli, where we will have time to visit the House and Grounds. Offering a vivid insight into the charismatic personality and colourful private life of the most unlikely Victorian Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, a secret wartime history, formal gardens and walks through rolling parkland and woods at snowdrop time, Hughenden is a great place for a winter visit. Time for lunch before we head for home getting back to the Maresfield area in daylight at about 15.30.
Holiday Hotel
4 Star The Doubletree by Hilton Oxford Belfry, Milton Common, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 2JW, www.theoxfordbelfry.co.uk
Set in 17 acres of landscaped grounds the hotel has all the facilities you would expect of a 4 star hotel and rooms are equipped to a high standard. There is a sauna and indoor swimming pool
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Coach travel throughout
One night bed and breakfast
Theatre Ticket - mid stalls
Financial Failure Insurance
Not Included
Lunches
Dinner
Travel Insurance (this is not compulsory on UK holidays but you do travel at your own risk if you do not have insurance).
Hughenden Manor NT Entrance for non NT members @£15.25pp
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