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The Ensemble Theatre production, directed by Sandra Bates, remains to this day the top-selling play in the Sydney company's 48 year history.  Warren Mitchell, the English actor who played Mr. Green, won last year's Olivier Award in London and is known throughout England and Australia as Alf Garnett, the star of Till Death Do Us Part, the English tv series that inspired All in the Family.  His co-star in the Sydney production of Visiting Mr. Green was his son Daniel Mitchell. “Apart from its considerable wit and understanding, the strength of Visiting Mr. Green is the rich tapestry it weaves from the characters’ lives. The tormented histories, the persecution, the solitary isolation and the romance, faith and happiness that burden and uplift them.  Visiting Mr. Green is thoughtful and absorbing.”   - Sydney Morning Herald

“The play is not merely about opposites finding a mutual point of agreement. It's about honest, inner fears and prejudices, hurts, imagined and real, and most of all, tolerance and acceptance - an excellent play.”   - The Catholic Weekly

A new production of Visiting Mr. Green began in 2006.   Directed by Helen Ellis, it stars Alan Hopgood as Mr. Green and David Tredinnick as Ross.  The 2007 tour schedule is as follows: 7      September        The Drum - Dandenong 9      September        Kingston Arts Centre - Moorabbin 12      September        Harrison Hall - Swan Hill 14-15 September        Whitehorse Centre - Nunawading 18      September        Portland Arts Centre - Portland 19     September        Wesley Performing Arts Centre - Horsham 21      September        Clocktower Centre - Moonee Ponds 22      September        Wellington Shire Council Entertainment                                                                                                Centre