Project supported by The Wellcome Trust

Cast
Daniel Alexander (Bernard Marx)
Rory Dan Wilder (John Savage/Henry Foster)
Jodie Osterland (Lenina Crowne)
Sarah Hogarth (Linda Savage/Fanny Crowne)
Graham Elwell (Mustapha Monde/Hatchery Director/Helmholtz Watson)

Crew
Brendon Burns (Director)
Amy Mabireem (Designer)
Sarah Royal (Stage Manager)

Alpha Times
‘Aun aprend’ - I am still learning
Huxley’s personnal motto

Aldous Huxley was born on 26 July 1894 near Godalming, Surrey. He began writing poetry and short stories in his
early twenties, but it was his first novel, Crome Yellow (1921), which established his literary reputation. This was
followed by Antic Hay (1923), Those Barren Leaves (1925) and Point Counter Point (1928) – bright brilliant satires in which
Huxley wittily but ruthlessly passed judgement on the shortcomings of contemporary society. For most of the 1920s
Huxley lived in Italy and an account of his experiences there can be found in Along the Road  (1925).

In the years leading up to the Second World War, Huxley’s work took on a more sombre tone in response to the
confusion of a society which he felt to be spinning dangerously out of control. The great novels of ideas, including
his most famous work Brave New World  (1932) and the pacifist novel Eyeless in Gaza (1936) were accompanied by a
series of wise and brilliant essays, collected in volume form under such titles as Music at Night (1931) and Ends and
Means (1937).

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