Mrs Klein by Nicholas Wright at Almeida 22 Oct 2009

Mrs Klein by Nicholas Wright at Almeida 22 Oct 2009

Mrs Klein, by Nicholas Wright, will open at the Almeida theatre 29 Oct 2009, following previews from 22 Oct - running to 5 Dec 2009.

(This replaces the postponed production of Samuel Adamson's new play "A Quiet Island").

It is directed Thea Sharrock, designed by Tim Hatley , lighting by Neil Austin , sound by Ian Dickinson.

London,1934. Melanie Klein is one of the most admired, yet controversial, psycho-analysts of her time, renowned for her unique insight into the secret world of childhood. But her relationship with her psycho-analyst daughter Melitta has been damaged almost beyond repair, and an unexpected message from abroad brings it to bitter confrontation. The news also poses a mystery that even Mrs. Klein, despite her genius for analysis, cannot solve. It is left to her new assistant, a refugee from Hitler's Berlin, to find a possible answer.