Tickets are available for both readers and listeners.

Dear Brutus, by J M Barrie

Dear Brutus is a 1917 fantasy play by J M Barrie (author of Peter Pan) depicting alternative
realities for its characters and their eventual return to real life. The title is a reference to a
line from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars but in
ourselves” (which is quoted in full by Mr. Purdie near the end).

A Message from the organiser Chris Gill

We have now been running play readings once a month at the Marine Theatre for over two
years! The Theatre continues kindly to provide the venue free to support community drama.
We have a small group of regular attenders and we are always pleased to welcome new
people, whether they want to read or just listen. The selection for January to March includes
the play Dear Brutus, which we had to postpone from October last year. We are also giving
the Mark Healy adaptation of The French Lieutenant’s Woman an outing and experimenting
with a new play in March. If you want to go on our circulation list or have any questions
about the meetings, please contact Chris Gill through the Marine Theatre.

Please note all the coming readings take place on the second Monday evening of each
month. Please remember to bring with you a paper or screen copy of the script if you wish to read.
We are not able to provide copies.

We are not able to provide copies.