FOLLOWING its highly-acclaimed run at London’s Park Theatre, the national tour of Lady Anna: All at Sea visits the Main House at Salisbury Playhouse from October 3 to 8.

Inspired by Anthony Trollope’s novel Lady Anna, written during his journey from Liverpool to Australia to visit his son, Lady Anna: All at Sea blends the stories of Trollope’s voyage and the novel itself.

Trollope was best-known for The Chronicles of Barsetshire, The Palliser novels and The Way We Live Now.

It's 1871, and celebrated novelist Anthony Trollope is Australia-bound aboard the steamship Great Britain. Accompanied by his wife Rose and her maid Isabella, Trollope passes the time by writing his latest tale, Lady Anna. The story, full of intrigue, rebellion and social politics, proves divisive among his fellow passengers – and it's not long before fact and fiction overlap in a dramatic and witty fashion. Is Trollope himself a surprising radical pitted against the status quo or are his characters to blame for the controversy?

This abundantly British business involves a disputed title, fraud, bigamy, a legal case, madness and even attempted murder. An extraordinary set of circumstances finds both Lady Anna and Trollope facing some very difficult questions indeed – but will they follow their hearts and risk being disgraced?

Tickets: 01722 320333 or visit salisburyplayhouse.com.