Overview

Sei is a middle-aged actor reluctant to face growing old. His wife arranges a fake love affair to revive his acting genius; but he withdraws into a world of fantasy and memories of his youth. This English adaptation of Shimuzu's play by Peter Barnes charmingly encapsulates a Pirandellian world of reality and illusion. Tango at the End of Winter received its London premiere at the Piccadilly Theatre in August 1991 in the first major theatrical collaboration between the UK and Japan. It starred Alan Rickman and Suzanne Bertish, and was directed by Yukio Ninagawa.