Brenda Blethyn & Niall Buggy star in Edna O'Brien's play Haunted

Haunted, penned by the award-winning Irish writer Edna O'Brien especially for Brenda Blethyn, received its world premiere at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre earlier this year.

Directed by Braham Murray, Haunted is an extraordinary play about love and betrayal. It tells the story of a captivating young stall holder, Hazel (Beth Cooke), who enters the life of the quixotic Mr Berry (Niall Buggy). In his desperation to ensure she returns, he starts to secretly giving away his wife's clothes in exchange for elocution lessons. But as the redoubtable Mrs Berry (Brenda Blethyn) searches for an explanation as to her fast-diminishing wardrobe, Mr Berry soon finds that both of his relationships are increasingly under threat in this poignant and enchanting tale of desire and regret.