The Line of Beauty Playtext
I can't explain it. I can't explain any of it to you. The line of beauty which led me to himā¦ to here.
London. Summer, 1983.
Nick Guest moves into the grand Notting Hill home of his university friend Toby - and into the dazzling world of Toby's father Gerald, a newly elected Tory MP, his elegant wife Rachel, and their troubled daughter Cat. From private gardens to country estates, glittering parties to political dinners, Nick is swept up in a world of money, power and privilege. A world that promises everything - and exacts a cost.
As he pursues beauty in all its forms, Nick finds himself caught between the freedoms of desire and the rigid boundaries of class, sexuality and public image in a rapidly changing Britain.
Olivier Award nominee Jack Holden's (Cruise;Ā Kenrex) new adaptation ofĀ The Line of BeautyĀ is a captivating portrait of Thatcher's Britain at its most decadent and divisive, based on the Booker Prize-winning novel by Alan Hollinghurst.
This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere production at the Almeida Theatre in October 2025.
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I can't explain it. I can't explain any of it to you. The line of beauty which led me to himā¦ to here.
London. Summer, 1983.
Nick Guest moves into the grand Notting Hill home of his university friend Toby - and into the dazzling world of Toby's father Gerald, a newly elected Tory MP, his elegant wife Rachel, and their troubled daughter Cat. From private gardens to country estates, glittering parties to political dinners, Nick is swept up in a world of money, power and privilege. A world that promises everything - and exacts a cost.
As he pursues beauty in all its forms, Nick finds himself caught between the freedoms of desire and the rigid boundaries of class, sexuality and public image in a rapidly changing Britain.
Olivier Award nominee Jack Holden's (Cruise;Ā Kenrex) new adaptation ofĀ The Line of BeautyĀ is a captivating portrait of Thatcher's Britain at its most decadent and divisive, based on the Booker Prize-winning novel by Alan Hollinghurst.
This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere production at the Almeida Theatre in October 2025.
