HENCEFORWARD...
Written and directed by
Alan Ayckbourn
Ian McKellen in the role of Jerome
Vaudeville Theatre, London
21 November 1988
Words from Ian McKellen
I was newly out as a gay man. Henceforward was a chance to declare I was
still the same actor who enjoyed mainstream theatre. There's nothing gay
about Alan Ayckbourn's play, except in the old sense. There was certainly
plenty of jollity and social purpose about playing Jerome, estranged from
his sometime in the future, getting entangled with a gamorous automaton.
Ayckbourn's 34th play was first seen at his theatre in Scarborough and two of the original cast came with him to London.
Ayckbourn's 34th play was first seen at his theatre in Scarborough and two of the original cast came with him to London.
Comments and Reviews
First performed under the sponsorship of the Scarborough Building Society at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round, Scarborough on 30th July 1987. Opened at the Vaudeville in 1988.