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THE WAY OF THE WORLD Revival Comes To The Crucible Stage Feb 2-25

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This February, Sheffield Theatres brings a revival of William Congreve's rarely performed masterpiece, The Way of the World, to the Crucible stage from Thursday 2 – Saturday 25 February.

The cast includes Ben Lloyd-Hughes, who recently starred as Rob McAloon in BBC 1's Young James Herriot, Deborah Findlay (Miss Tomkinson in BBC's Cranford), Mike Leigh's protégée Sinéad Matthews (Vera Drake and Happy-Go-Lucky) and Samuel Barnett, one of the original History Boys, will create the eccentric characters whose lives and loves all interlink in this hilarious play.

Sheffield Theatres' Associate Director Lyndsey Turner returns to the theatre following Alice and My Romantic History (both 2010) to bring her vision to this fresh staging of the classic Restoration Comedy, the first to be performed at the Crucible Theatre in eleven years. Naomi Wilkinson (Alice) joins Lyndsey to design the production, with new music by Tom Mills.

About the show: "Set in 1700, The Way of the World will journey into a world of extravagance for a fresh, colourful and brilliantly funny romp full of deceit, slander and seduction. Mirabell, a dashing playboy with a reputation for fine wine and women, has his sights set on Millamant, a high society goddess. However, his notoriety makes him anything but a perfect match in the eyes of Millamant's indomitable aunt, Lady Wishfort. There's only one thing for it – to lie and cheat his way to his true love's heart."

The Way of the World opens the spring season at the Crucible and is on from Thursday 2 – Saturday 25 February.

Tickets can be purchased from Sheffield Theatres' Box Office in-person, by phone on 0114 249 6000 or online at sheffieldtheatres.co.uk and are priced from £10.00 - £21.00, with discounts available.

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