Jefferson's Garden

Written by Timberlake Wertenbaker

Narrated by Rosalind Ayres, Nate Corddry, Darren Richardson and 6 more

You say you want a Revolution? The story of this country’s struggle for independence is told with a fresh slant and theatrical inventiveness. As Thomas Jefferson struggles to find the right words to frame a nation, a young Quaker must weigh his desire to participate in the struggle against his pacifist beliefs.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast production starring:

Rosalind Ayres as Martha/Nelly Rose
Nate Corddry as Christian
Ellis Greer as Betty
Gregory Harrison as Carl/Thomas Jefferson
Lovensky Jean-Baptiste as James Hemmings
Ifan Meredith as Harry/Jim Madison
Darren Richardson as Daniel/George Mason/M. Perrault
Emily Swallow as Louisa/Imogen
Inger Tudor as Susannah/Sally

Additional chorus roles performed by the cast

Directed by Martin Jarvis. Recorded live in performance at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater in March 2017.

Sound Effects Artist, Jonathan Kells Phillips. Production Manager, Katie Friesen. Music Supervisor, Ronn Lipkin. Associate Producer, Anna Lyse Erikson. Editor, Mitchell Lindskoog. Recording Engineer, Sound Designer, and Mixer, Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.

• Language: English
• Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works
• Release date: Aug 1, 2017
• ISBN: 9781682660447

Timberlake Wertenbaker

Timberlake Wertenbaker grew up in the Basque country and lives in London. She is one of the UK’s leading playwrights and her work is performed worldwide. She is the recipient of numerous awards including an Olivier Award and the New York Drama Critics’ Award for Our Country’s Good and a Writers’ Guild Award for Three Birds Alighting On A Field. Jefferson’s Garden won the 2016 Writers’ Guild Award for Best Play and opened in Washington in January 2018. Other plays include: Winter Hill, My Father, Odysseus, Magna Carta Plays, We Sell Right, Walking The Tightrope, The Ant and the Cicada, The Love of the Nightingale, Our Ajax, The Line, Galileo’s Daughter, Credible Witness, The Break of the Day, The Grace of Mary Traverse, Abel’s Sister, Ash Girl and After Darwin. Translations include: Britannicus, Antigone, Elektra, Hecuba, Wild Orchids, Jenufa, The Thebans and Mephisto.