Moonfleet continues at the Salisbury Playhouse until 5 May 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ J Meade Falkner’s novel Moonfleet is ripe for the transition from page to stage. If anything, it’s a more rollicking yarn than Treasure Island. Smugglers, contraband, hidden treasure, creepy crypts, storms at sea, shipwrecks, a youthful […]
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Cast revealed for Moonfleet musical at Salisbury Playhouse
Casting has been announced for the premiere of a major new musical based on classic adventure story Moonfleet which is due to open at the Salisbury Playhouse in April. Heading the cast are: Earl Carpenter (Les Misérables; The Phantom of the Opera; Sunset Boulevard) playing Maskew, with Ryan Heenan (Grease, UK tour; Sweeney Todd, Derby […]
Musical Moonfleet to debut in Salisbury in 2018
The premiere of a major new musical based on classic adventure story Moonfleet is set to be one of the highlights of the spring/summer 2018 season at the Salisbury Playhouse. Based on J Meade Falkner’s Dorset-set story of 18th century smugglers, Moonfleet will feature a book and lyrics by the Playhouse’s artistic director Gareth Machin […]
