The Story

Leo Colston - a man haunted by the events of his past - vividly recalls his unwitting role acting as a go-between for the beautiful upper-class Marian and the tenant-farmer Ted. Their illicit love affair drags young Leo into an adult world of passion and intrigue. This haunting, ambitious musical by Richard Taylor and David Wood is a deeply moving coming-of-age story, exploring the shadows the past can cast on the present. Based on the classic novel by L.P. Hartley.

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Characters:

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Marian -20’s, beautiful, high-spirited but self-centered. She is engaged to aristocratic Trimingham but her Heart belongs to Ted, a local tenant farmer, whom convention deems an unsuitable marriage partner. Singing range low Bb up to F.