FIRST LOOK - Lawrence After Arabia at Hampstead Theatre

The world premiere of Howard Brenton's Lawrence After Arabia opens tonight at the Hampstead Theatre directed by John Dove. We are pleased to bring you these great images of the production.

August, 1922. The most famous man in England has vanished without a trace: T.E. Lawrence has completely disappeared. But in the idyllic calm of the village of Ayot St Lawrence, on the top floor of the home of Mr and Mrs Bernard Shaw, the ‘uncrowned King of Arabia’ is hiding - with slabs of homemade carrot cake for comfort.

Wearied by his romanticised persona and worldwide fame, disgusted with his country and himself, Lawrence is craving normality. But when you’re a brilliant archaeologist, scholar, linguist, writer and diplomat – as well as a legendary desert warrior - how can you ever be normal? And beyond the Shaws’ garden wall, nobody cares how he feels: England just wants its hero back. Can he ever return?

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Jeff Rawle as George Bernard Shaw, William Chubb as Edmund Allenby and Geraldine James as Charlotte Shaw in Lawrence After Arabia. Photo: Alastair Muir

(L) Khalid Laith as Prince Feisal in Lawrenec After Arabia. Photo: Alastair Muir

Geraldine James as Charlotte Shaw in Lawrence After Arabia. Photo: Alastair Muir

Jack Laskey as T E Lawrence in Lawrence After Arabia. Photo: Alastair Muir

Jack Laskey as T E Lawrence in Lawrence After Arabia. Photo: Alastair Muir

Jeff Rawle as George Bernard Shaw in Lawrence After Arabia. Photo: Alastair Muir

Rosalind March as Blanche Patch in Lawrence After Arabia. Photo: Alastair Muir

Sam Alexander as Lowell Thomas and Geraldine James as Charlotte Shaw in Lawrence After Arabia. Photo: Alastair Muir

William Chubb as Edmund Allenby in Lawrence After Arabia. Photo: Alastair Muir