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The Waves
Rhoda. Bernard. Susan. Neville. Jinny. Louis.
They begin by the coast. Then, school. Youth. Forming. Swelling. Terror. Joy. Working. Falling. Fame. Grief. Alone. Together.
The Waves is a tender, thrilling story about growing up together. Flora Wilson Brown's adaptation of Virginia Woolf's novel is premiered at Jermyn Street Theatre, London, in 2026.
They begin by the coast. Then, school. Youth. Forming. Swelling. Terror. Joy. Working. Falling. Fame. Grief. Alone. Together.
The Waves is a tender, thrilling story about growing up together. Flora Wilson Brown's adaptation of Virginia Woolf's novel is premiered at Jermyn Street Theatre, London, in 2026.
122 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 23, 2026
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Virginia Woolf
2,110 books30.7k followers(Adeline) Virginia Woolf was an English novelist and essayist regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.
During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs. Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own (1929) with its famous dictum, "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."
During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs. Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own (1929) with its famous dictum, "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."
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June 28, 2026
I think this is a play that is sensitive, moving, beautifully observed, funny, and so upsetting it made me choke. As well as all those things, and I cannot stress this enough, it is also so technically accomplished I find it almost infuriating. The production at Jermyn Street cleft me in twain. FWB is the very very best.
May 11, 2026
cried. again. it's safe to say that the waves means absolutely everything to me, and flora wilson brown has done a radiant job. while the play is undoubtedly intended to be seen > read, it's still such a beautiful adaptation on the page as well. i could go on and on but i have things to do and time passes....
"I wonder - I would walk with you into hell -
Why can't I sit next to you happily?"
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