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Owen Wingrave

0 %|Jan 1, 2001|Music, Drama, War

Margaret Williams directs this 2001 production of adaptation of Benjamin Britten's television opera based on a short story by Henry James. Performers featured include Gerald Finley, Peter Savidge and Josephine Barstow. The conductor is Kent Nagano. As pertinent now as then, OWEN WINGRAVE was composed by Benjamin Britten at the height of the Vietnam War. The opera poses the question: Is pacifism an act of cowardice? Or rather a desire to escape from the spiral of war and create world peace? To what extent do we determine our own futures? Should we let past events inform the decisions we make? Britten’s characters grapple with timeless issues in this gripping psychodrama.

Featured Crew

Benjamin Britten
Original Music Composer
Henry James
Novel
Myfanwy Piper
Writer
Margaret Williams
Director
Anne Beresford
Producer
Janet Tovey
Cinematography
Miranda Melville
Production Design
Henry Harris
Art Direction

Cast

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Gerald Finley
Owen Wingrave
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Peter Savidge
Spencer Coyle
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Josephine Barstow
Mrs Wingrave
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Martyn Hill
Gen. Sir Philip Wingrave
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Anne Dawson
Mrs Coyle
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Elizabeth Gale
Mrs Julian