We will be touring the play 'The Word' by the Danish playwright Kaj Munk to the following locations:

LONDON WEEK
Mon 4 Oct   7-30    Muswell Hill FMH Tel 020 84449663 quakertheatrecompany@yahoo.co.uk
Tue 5 Oct   7-30     Kingston Upon Thames FMH Tel 020 89421361 quakertheatrecompany@yahoo.co.uk
Wed 6 Oct  7-30    Sutton FMH Tel 020 86425876 grahampellis@gmail.com
Thu 7 Oct   7-30      Forest Hill FMH Tel 7769776665
Fri 8 Oct     7-30      Wanstead FMH Tel 020 85582508
SOUTHERN BRITAIN WEEK
Tues 12 Oct   7-30   Peterborough FMH Tel 01778 344049 carowell@sky.com
Wed 13 Oct   7-30    Selly Oak FMH Tel 0121 4722667
Thur 14 Oct   7-30     Southampton FMH Tel 02380 480696 peter.savage83@ntlworld.com
Fri 15 Oct      7-30      Bridgewater FMH Tel 01278 671276 gillylee@btinternet.com
Sat 16 Oct    2-30       Bristol Redland FMH 0117 9741923 quakertheatrecompany@yahoo.co.uk
NORTHERN BRITAIN WEEK
Tue 19 Oct    7-30     Leeds Carlton Hill FMH Tel 0113 2422208 robertkeeble@hotmail.com
Wed 20 Oct  7-30     Kendal FMH Tel 01539 814787 or caroline.stow@kendal.ac.uk
Thur 21 Oct   7-30     York Friargate FMH Tel 01904 624065 york.friargate.quakers@googlemail.com
Fri 22 Oct       7-30    Sheffield Central FMH Tel 0114 2757390 or sheffieldquakers@btconnect.com
Sat 23 Oct     7-30     Malton FMH, Tel 01751 474043 or quakertheatrecompany@yahoo.co.uk

The play 'Ordet' (The Word) was written by Kaj Munk who was a Lutheran Pastor and playwright in Denmark in the 1930s. He had a string of successful plays at the main theatre in Copenhagen but remains little known outside Denmark. When the Germans invaded Denmark in 1940 he denounced them from his pulpit and was found shot by the roadside the next day.

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The original version of 'The Word' was set on a remote farm in Denmark in the 1930s and had a large cast. In this new touring version by Alan Avery, the cast has been slimmed down to the four main characters and given a modern setting, whilst remaining faithful to the ideas of the original play. The end of the play has been called 'one of the most powerful and moving pieces of theatre in the twentieth century'.

The play will be toured from Monday 4th October to Saturday 23rd October, 2010. All that venues require to book one of our plays is a space about three metres by three metres and two thirteen amp power points. We bring everything else and supply posters, flyers and programmes. The cost could be met by ticket sales and outreach funding. If you can provide B&B for the actors, then the cost falls significantly. Meetings wishing to book a play should contact the Quaker Theatre Company for full details and a booking form.