{"id":331,"date":"2012-08-20T12:37:57","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T11:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samyatesdirector.com\/?page_id=331"},"modified":"2014-10-29T11:04:33","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T11:04:33","slug":"cornelius","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.samyatesdirector.com\/?page_id=331","title":{"rendered":"CORNELIUS by J.B. Priestley, Finborough Theatre, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>&#8220;So all the time, while you were pretending to work, you&#8217;ve been having the most astonishing adventures in that corner?&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A forgotten masterpiece from one of Britain&#8217;s greatest dramatists, J. B. Priestley. Cornelius played at the Finborough Theatre from 14 August &#8211; 8 September 2012 to sold-out houses.<\/p>\n<p>Written for Ralph Richardson in 1935, Priestley observes the politics and tensions of daily office life with searing wit and humanity in this hilarious and heart-breaking story of friendship, unrequited love and business.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cast<\/strong> Emily Barber, Robin Browne, Alan Cox, David Ellis, Andrew Fallaize, Col Farrell, Lewis Hart, Beverley Klein, Jamie Newall, Xanthe Patterson, Simon Rhodes, Annabel Topham<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Production Images<\/h1>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see 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decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/samyatesdirector.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Robin-Browne-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-347\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-347'>\n\t\t\t\tCornelius\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><em>Photographer pictures 1,2,6-9 : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bronwensharp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bronwen Sharp<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Photographer pictures 3-5 : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertworkman.demon.co.uk\/index.html\">Robert Workman<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Written by\u00a0<\/strong>J.B. Priestley<br \/>\n<strong>Directed by<\/strong>\u00a0Sam Yates<br \/>\n<strong>Designed by<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stagejobspro.com\/uk\/view.php?uid=198147\">David Woodhead<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Lighting Designed by<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.howardhudson.co.uk\/\">Howard Hudson<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Composed by<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/alexbaranowski.co.uk\/\">\u00a0Alex Baranowski<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Reviews<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Time Out Critics&#8217; Choice<br \/>\nBritish Theatre Guide Top 5 Alternative Plays<br \/>\nNominated for four OffWestEnd Awards<br \/>\n\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 Five Stars, One Stop Arts<br \/>\n\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 Four Stars, The Guardian<br \/>\n\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 Four Stars, The Telegraph<br \/>\n\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 Four Stars, The Independent<br \/>\n\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 Four Stars, The Times<br \/>\n\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 Four Stars, The Sunday Times<br \/>\n\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 Four Stars, Evening Standard<br \/>\n\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 Four Stars, The Week<br \/>\n\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 Four Stars, Time Out (Critics&#8217; Choice)<br \/>\n\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 Four Stars, WhatsOnStage<br \/>\n\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 Four Stars, Everything Theatre<br \/>\n\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 Four Stars, The Arts Desk<br \/>\n\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 Four Stars, The Public Reviews<br \/>\n\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 Four Stars, London Theatreviews<br \/>\n\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 Four Stars, Exeunt Magazine<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/stage\/2012\/aug\/20\/cornelius-review-finborough-london?newsfeed=true\">4**** THE GUARDIAN | Michael Billington<\/a><\/span>\u00a0&#8220;A monumental leading role, which Alan Cox here fills to the brim, conveying the pipe-smoking decency of a man who will do anything to stop the firm going bust out of loyalty to his partner. At the same time, Cox suggests Cornelius is a poet and dreamer who sees through the futility of petty commerce and yearns for a life of adventure. It is a wonderfully two-toned performance well supported in Sam Yates&#8217;s lively production.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"The Times review of Cornelius by J.B. Priestley\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samyatesdirector.com\/?page_id=508\">4**** THE TIMES | Sam Marlowe\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\u00a0&#8220;Sam Yates\u2019s production is beautifully modulated and played to perfection, its atmosphere of deadening routine offset by the petty politics and personal quirks that characterise office life, now as then&#8230;Piercingly relevant, compassionate and delivered, like Cornelius\u2019s bons mots, with great style.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/theatre\/theatre-reviews\/9503631\/Cornelius-Finborough-Theatre-review.html\">4**** THE DAILY TELEGRAPH | Dominic Cavendish<\/a><\/span>\u00a0&#8220;Cornelius, played in the original production by Ralph Richardson and here, in Sam Yates\u2019s splendidly cast staging at the Finborough by Alan Cox, is one of two chief partners in an aluminium import business called Briggs and Murrison&#8230;Blessed with a philosophical air of carefree detachment and a theatrically declamatory manner, Cornelius \u2013 unruffled and raffish in Cox\u2019s richly nuanced performance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/theatre-dance\/reviews\/cornelius-finborough-theatre-london-8092532.html\">4****\u00a0THE INDEPENDENT |\u00a0Paul Taylor<\/a><\/span>\u00a0&#8220;Sam Yates&#8217;s engaging and well-judged revival, it emerges as an intriguing period piece that speaks to our times&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">4****\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/arts\/article-2197676\/Office-romance-lifts-slump.html?ito=feeds-newsxml\">MAIL ON SUNDAY | Robert Gore-Langton<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;Cox is a joy as the boss&#8230;in this beautifully staged and fascinating production.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"THE SUNDAY TIMES review of Cornelius by J.B. Priestley 14 August \u2013 8 September 2012, Finborough Theatre\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samyatesdirector.com\/?page_id=712\">4**** THE SUNDAY TIMES | Maxie Szalwinska<\/a><\/span>\u00a0&#8220;Everyone in this play has their own modest yearnings, and the director, Sam Yates, takes them seriously.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/arts\/theatre\/cornelius-finborough--review-8073122.html\">4**** THE EVENING STANDARD | Fiona Mountford<\/a><\/span>\u00a0&#8220;It\u2019s rare that a \u201crediscovered theatrical gem\u201d lives up to its pre-billing. But just this once, just maybe, the always intrepid Finborough won\u2019t be breaking the Trade Descriptions Act, with this superb revival of an all but forgotten 1935 JB Priestley piece.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/theatre\/event\/59848\/cornelius\">4**** TIME OUT MAGAZINE (Critics&#8217; Choice) | Tom Wicker<\/a><\/span>\u00a0&#8220;Sam Yates&#8217;s sensitive, well-judged production sees &#8216;Cornelius&#8217; wearing its age lightly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theartsdesk.com\/theatre\/cornelius-finborough-theatre\">4**** THE ARTS DESK | Matt Wolf<\/a>\u00a0<\/span> &#8220;The most exciting reclamation from the English theatrical canon since the same venue produced Emlyn Williams&#8217;s startling and welcome Accolade&#8230;Funny and endearing&#8230;and the young director Sam Yates and his hugely accomplished cast do the occasion proud.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsonstage.com\/reviews\/theatre\/london\/E8831345193950\/Cornelius.html\">4**** WHAT&#8217;S ON STAGE | Michael Coveney<\/a><\/span>\u00a0&#8220;This attractively strange and surprising 1935 play by J B Priestley, acutely well cast and directed by Sam Yates, has the added chill relevance of being about economic collapse and unemployment in a recession.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Presented by Anna Collins and <a title=\"31Productions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samyatesdirector.com\/?p=220\"><strong>31<\/strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Productions<\/span><\/a> in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;So all the time, while you were pretending to work, you&#8217;ve been having the most astonishing adventures in that corner?&#8221; A forgotten masterpiece from one of Britain&#8217;s greatest dramatists, J. 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