Vincent in Brixton

Vincent in Brixton

Written by	Nicholas Wright
Place premiered	Cottesloe Theatre London
Original language	English
Genre	Drama

Vincent in Brixton is a 2002 play by Nicholas Wright. The play premiered at London's National Theatre with Jochum ten Haaf in the title role. It transferred to the Playhouse Theatre and later to Broadway.

It focuses on artist Vincent van Gogh's time in Brixton, London in 1873. In the play, which is largely fictional, he falls in love with an English widow. It was revived by The Original Theatre Company in 2009.^[1]

Vincent Van Gogh was played by Doro Surcel.

Characters

Ursula
Eugenie
Anna
Vincent
Sam

Awards and nominations

Awards

2003 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play

Nominations

2003 Tony Award for Best Play

References

^ Vincent in Brixton, Original Theatre Company past productions

External links

Vincent in Brixton at the Internet Broadway Database
Vincent in Brixton at the Internet Broadway Database
Vincent in Brixton at IMDb

Vincent van Gogh

General

Biography
List of works
List of drawings
Chronology
The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
Health
Auberge Ravoux
Death
Nazi looting of artworks by Vincent van Gogh
Posthumous fame
Cultural depictions
Lost Arles sketchbook

Groups of
works

Early works (1881–82)
Portraits (1881–1890)
Peasant Character Studies (1881–1885)
Van Gogh's family in his art (1881–1888)
Sien (1882–83)
Cottages (1883–1885)
Water Mill at Gennep (1884)
Still life paintings, Netherlands (1884–85)
Old Church Tower at Nuenen (1884–85)
Amsterdam (1885)
Wheat Fields (1885–1890)
Le Moulin de la Galette (1886)
Still life paintings, Paris (1886–87)
Montmartre (1886–87)
Self portraits (1886–1889)
Outskirts of Paris (1887)
Asnières (1887)
Seine (1887)
Japonaiserie (1887)
Sunflowers (1887–1889)
Trees and Undergrowth (1887–1890)
Copies by Vincent van Gogh (1887–1890)
Langlois Bridge at Arles (1888)
Saintes-Maries (1888)
Boats du Rhône (1888)
Décoration for the Yellow House (1888)
The Roulin Family (1888–89)
Hospital in Arles (1888–89)
Flowering Orchards (1888–89)
Almond Blossoms (1888–1890)
Paintings of Children (1888–1890)
The Wheat Field (1889)
Reaper (1889)
Olive Trees (1889)
Wheat Fields (1889)
Butterflies (1889–90)
Saint-Paul Asylum, Saint-Rémy (1889–90)
Auvers size 30 canvases (1890)
Auvers Double-squares and Squares (1890)
Lost works by Vincent van Gogh
Display at Les XX, 1890

Oil paintings

1882	Beach at Scheveningen in Stormy Weather Girl in White in the Woods Lying Cow A Girl in the Street, Two Coaches in the Background
1883	Cows in the Meadow Farmhouses Among Trees Bulb Fields Landscape with a Church at Twilight Landscape with Dunes Footbridge across a Ditch Marshy Landscape A Wind-Beaten Tree Farm with Stacks of Peat Farmhouses in Loosduinen near The Hague at Twilight Three Figures near a Canal with Windmill
1884	Two Rats Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen Landscape with Pollard Willows Cart with Black Ox Cart with Red and White Ox Lane in Autumn Water Mill at Opwetten Water Mill at Kollen Village at Sunset Avenue of Poplars in Autumn Avenue of Poplars at Sunset Head of an Old Farmer's Wife in a White Hat
1885	Still Life with Straw Hat The Potato Eaters Peasant Woman Digging Peasant Woman Digging Up Potatoes Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette
1886	Vase with Red Poppies Vase with White and Red Carnations The Kingfisher
1887	Poppy Flowers Wheat Field with a Lark View of Paris from Vincent's Room in the Rue Lepic Portrait of Père Tanguy A Woman Walking in a Garden Imperial Fritillaries in a Copper Vase Agostina Segatori Sitting in the Café du Tambourin Red Cabbages and Garlic
1888	Madame Roulin and Her Baby Landscape with Snow La Mousmé The Zouave Still Life: Vase with Oleanders The Night Café The Yellow House Van Gogh's Chair Café Terrace at Night Starry Night Over the Rhône Portrait of the Artist's Mother Bedroom in Arles The Painter on the Road to Tarascon Les Alyscamps A Lane in the Public Garden at Arles Falling Autumn Leaves L'Arlésienne The Red Vineyard Memory of the Garden at Etten (Ladies of Arles) Les Arènes Interior of a Restaurant in Arles A Lane near Arles Arles: View from the Wheat Fields Sunset at Montmajour Farmhouse in Provence Orchard with Cypresses
1889	Valley with Ploughman Seen from Above View of Arles, Flowering Orchards Portrait of Doctor Rey Crab on its Back Two Crabs Irises Lilac Bush The Starry Night The Gardener Self-portrait (1889) Self-portrait without beard Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear A Meadow in the Mountains: Le Mas de Saint-Paul A Road at Saint-Remy with Female Figure Enclosed Field with Peasant Rain Cypresses Wheat Field with Cypresses Green Wheat Field with Cypress The Diggers The Ravine of the Peyroulets Ivy View of the Asylum and Chapel of Saint-Rémy The Large Plane Trees
1890	The Siesta Road with Cypress and Star At Eternity's Gate Thatched Cottages and Houses Portrait of Dr. Gachet Doctor Gachet's Garden in Auvers Houses at Auvers White House at Night Landscape with a Carriage and a Train Girl in White The Church at Auvers Daubigny's Garden Farms near Auvers The Cows The Town Hall at Auvers Blossoming Chestnut Branches Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat Still Life: Vase with Pink Roses Portrait of Adeline Ravoux Plain near Auvers Wheatfield Under Thunderclouds Wheatfield with Crows Prisoners' Round (after Gustave Doré) Tree Roots Landscape at Auvers in the Rain Poppy Field

Watercolours

Boy Cutting Grass with a Sickle (1881)
Meadows near Rijswijk and the Schenkweg (1882)
The 'Laakmolen' near The Hague (1882)
Church Pew with Worshippers (1882)
Woman on Her Deathbed (1883)
Landscape with Trees (1883)
Peatery in Drenthe (1883)
Landscape with Wheelbarrow (1883)
Drawbridge in Nieuw-Amsterdam (1883)
Breton Women (1888)
Old Vineyard with Peasant Woman (1890)

Drawings

87 Hackford Road (1873 or 1874)
Marsh with Water Lilies (1881)
Sorrow (1882)
Portrait of a Man in a Top Hat (1882)
Torso of Venus and a Landscape (1887)
Head of a Girl (1888)

Museums

Portrayals

Vincent van Gogh (1886 painting)
Portrait of Vincent van Gogh (1887)
The Painter of Sunflowers (1888 painting)
Lust for Life (1934 novel)
Van Gogh (1948 film)
Lust for Life (1956 film)
Van Gogh (1956 opera)
Vincent and Theo van Gogh (1963 statue)
"Vincent" (1971 song)
Vincent (1987 film)
Vincent & Theo (1990 film)
Vincent and Me (1990 film)
Dreams (1990 film)
Vincent (1990 opera)
Van Gogh (1991 film)
Vincent in Brixton (2003 play)
The Yellow House (2007 film)
"Vincent and the Doctor" (2010 TV episode)
Loving Vincent (2017 film)
At Eternity's Gate (2018 film)

Family

Theo van Gogh
Wil van Gogh
Johanna van Gogh-Bonger
Andries Bonger
Theo van Gogh (film director)
Anton Mauve
Johannes Stricker

Cataloguers

Jacob Baart de la Faille (1928 and 1970; "F")
Jan Hulsker (1978, revised 1989; "JH")

v t e Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play
1976–2000	Dear Daddy (1976) The Fire that Consumes (1977) Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1978) Betrayal (1979) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1980) Children of a Lesser God (1981) Another Country (1982) Glengarry Glen Ross (1983) Benefactors (1984) Red Noses (1985) Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1986) Serious Money (1987) Our Country's Good (1988) Racing Demon (1989/1990) Dancing at Lughnasa (1991) Death and the Maiden (1992) Six Degrees of Separation (1993) Arcadia (1994) Broken Glass (1995) Skylight (1996) Stanley (1997) Closer (1998) The Weir (1999) Goodnight Children Everywhere (2000)
2001–present	Blue/Orange (2001) Jitney (2002) Vincent in Brixton (2003) The Pillowman (2004) The History Boys (2005) On the Shore of the Wide World (2006) Blackbird (2007) A Disappearing Number (2008) Black Watch (2009) The Mountaintop (2010) Clybourne Park (2011) Collaborators (2012) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2013) Chimerica (2014) King Charles III (2015) Hangmen (2016) Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2017) The Ferryman (2018) The Inheritance (2019) Leopoldstadt (2020) No Ceremony (2021) Life of Pi (2022) Prima Facie (2023) Dear England (2024)

Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play

1976–2000