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Before the war came: Jonathan Payn on why The Green Table is urgent today

Marion Tait as the Mother, Joseph Cipolla as Death, Karen Waldie as the Woman in The Green Table
© Leslie E Spatt 1992
Mark Welford as the Old Soldier and Joseph Cipolla as Death in The Green Table
© Leslie E Spatt 1992
Joseph Cipolla as Death in Kurt Jooss’ The Green Table
© Leslie E Spatt 1992
Max Maslen, Lachlan Monaghan, Javier Rojas and Ryan Felix in The Green Table
© Hannah Beveridge 2025
Birmingham Royal Ballet in Kurt Jooss’ The Green Table
© Hannah Beveridge 2025
Birmingham Royal Ballet in Kurt Jooss’ The Green Table
© Hannah Beveridge 2025
By Bachtrack, 20 May 2026
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