Sydney Theatre Company and Allens Arthur Robinson present

Honour

by Joanna Murray-Smith

After thirty-two years of marriage, George and Honor have achieved it all; the successful marriage, the family, the house, the garden. They’re a golden couple and what’s more, they’re still desperately in love.

Honor - beautiful, intelligent and a promising writer in her youth - has been fulfilled by a life spent caring for her family and supporting George while he carved out a brilliant career in academia. Together the couple have weathered hard times, their lives becoming inextricably intertwined.

However, Honor is to learn of the appalling fragility of love when George, enchanted by a stunning, young journalist, abandons both his wife and his marriage.

The tale is a familiar one – it’s Nero and Poppea, Clinton and Lewinski - yet Joanna Murray-Smith’s fiercely intelligent play imbues it with freshness and insight. With extraordinary wit and great compassion, she questions the very nature of love: does it inevitably erode over time? Can it endure the terrible dichotomy between passion and perseverance?

Wendy Hughes and William Zappa make welcome returns to Sydney Theatre Company to perform the roles of Honor and George in this revival of a modern Australian classic.

"This heart-rending, hard-edged and devastating play by Joanna Murray-Smith is about love, lust, loyalty, betrayal and survival... It heaves and bursts with cruel and sensitive intelligence." - The Sunday Times

"Joanna Murray-Smith is the most exciting Australian dramatist of her generation." - New Statesman

DRAMA THEATRE, Sydney Opera House
Schools Day   Wed 19 May
Pre-show Intro 10:30am, 45 minutes
Performance 12:15pm
Duration 2 hours 30 minutes, including interval
Post-show Q&A immediately following, 15 minutes
Suits   Years 10 - 12
Why book?    An excellent modern Australian work by Joanna Murray-Smith.

This production contains occasional strong language