Date: Mon 3 Nov 2003
Website: www.live.org.uk

Performance details

Presented by Live Theatre & the RSC
Written by Sean O'Brien
Directed by Max Roberts

In pre-war Britain the spectre of a chilling national 'idealism' is rising and people are taking sides. A young poet, Richard Jameson, falls in love and is caught up in a powerful struggle which will cost him everything - fame, freedom, happiness and poetry itself.

Fifty years on, Jameson is haunted by the past. In the seclusion of his remote outpost, guilt by association and the memories of a betrayal too terrible to name flood back as he waits for absolution or death. Keepers of the Flame is a nightmarish tale of love, power, treason and secret history.

Sean O'Brien is an award winning poet, playwright and critic. He was a writer in residence at Live in 2001/2 and has written two plays for the company, Laughter When We're Dead (2000) and From The Underworld (part of Double Lives - 2002). He has twice won the Forward Prize for Best Poetry Collection. In 2002 he adapted Aristophanes' The Birds for The National Theatre.

Tuesday 4 - Sunday 30 November
No performances on Mondays and Tuesdays
(except Tuesday 4 November)

All evening performances at 8pm

Matinees on Thursday 13 & Saturday 22 November at 2pm

Sunday performances are Pay What You Like and start at 4pm

Tickets are not available for PWYL until 24 hours before the performance

Signed performances tbc

Tickets: £12/8 concs Tuesday - Thursday and both matinees
£14/10 concs Friday & Saturday evenings

Pay What You Like on Sunday 9, 16, 23 & 30 November