Anne-Marie Duff Through the Decades | The House of Shades

We’ve asked Anne-Marie Duff to reflect back on her own life based on the five decades when The House of Shades takes place. The House of Shades by Beth Steel Directed by Blanche McIntyre Nothing cuts into us like the family knife. The Webster House. 1965. 1979. 1985. 1996. 2019. Death silences no one, least of all the dead. Blanche McIntyre (Hymn) directs the world premiere of Beth Steel’s revelatory new play which spans five decades of the lives, and deaths, of the Webster family. Inside their home, set against the ever-changing industrial landscape of working-class Britain, some chase dreams of a brighter future and others are haunted by the nightmares of the past. BAFTA and Olivier Award-nominated actor Anne-Marie Duff (His Dark Materials, Sex Education) returns to the Almeida to lead the cast as the Webster family matriarch. Beth Steel won Most Promising Playwright at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Both Th