The Veil

May 1822, rural Ireland. The defrocked Reverend Berkeley arrives at the crumbling former glory of Mount Prospect House to accompany 17-year-old Hannah to England. She is to be married off to a Marquis in order to resolve the debts of her mother’s estate. However, compelled by the strange voices that haunt his beautiful young charge and a fascination with the psychic current that pervades the house, Berkeley proposes a séance, the consequences of which are catastrophic.

The Times: 4 STARS ”A haunting mixture of old mysticism and modern dilemmas” 
Set around a haunted house hemmed in by a restive, starving populace, Conor McPherson’s new play weaves Ireland’s troubled colonial history into a transfixing story about the search for love, the transcendental and the circularity of time. From the award-winning author of The Weir and The Seafarer. Playing until 11 December.

Evening Standard: ”An atmospheric and haunting tale of lost souls”

National Theatre
South Bank
SE1 9PX London U.K.