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The stag e ad ap tatio n of Obse ssion that you ’r e watching tonig ht is Coming next Coming next based on Luchino Visconti’ s 1943 lm, Ossessione . It was Visconti’ s rst fea tur e lm and g ave ri se to t he genr e of Italian neo-r ealism – lms Who’s Afraid of shot in mainly r eal settings, for egr ounding the r esistance to Fascism W ho ’ s Af raid of and t he lives of the poor and disposse ssed. Ossessione was banned VVirigrgininiai a W W oooolfl? f? twice w hen it was rst r eleased in Italy , a nd only got pr oper r elease in In cinemas from 19 August Eur ope and the USA many years later . In c inemas fr om 18 May H H H H H

Gino JUDE LA W ‘Flawless. A superlative Hann a HALINA REIJN ‘Flawless. A superlative prpor odduucttioionn.’ .’ Joseph GIJS SCHOL TEN V AN ASCHA T Daily T elegraph Daily Telegr aph The Priest / The Inspector CHU KWUDI IWUJI

Johnny ROB ER T DE HOOG Anita AYSHA KALA Conce ived and Dir ected by IVO V AN HOVE APne gteelrs P ina n America JAN VERSWEYVELD Set Design and Lighting PaInr tc 1in –e 9m Saesp ftr eommb 1e0r aJnudn e Adaptation and Dramatur gy JAN PETER GERRITS Pa rt 2 – 16 Septembe r English Langua ge V ersion SIMO N STEPHENS H H H H

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Composer and a National Theatre production Sound De sign ERIC SLEICHIM A r ecor ded performance Part One and Two in cinemas. Sound System Design TOM GIBBONS of the classic family tale scr eens in cinemas. UK Cas ting JULIA HORAN CDG at Horan and Hines Ltd Associat e Dir ecto r JEFF JA MES Salom é For Br oadcast Yerm a Scr ee n D ir ector NICK W ICKHAM In cinema s fr om 2 2 J une In cinemas from 14 October Technical Pr oducer CHRIS BRETNALL Inter nationally acclaimed Lighting Dir ector BERNIE DA VIS by Simon Stone dir ector Y aël Farber’ s Sound Supervisor CONRAD FLETCHER af(tLeer sF Bedlaenrcics o) uGr gaercnita, hLyoprcnaotic Head of Br oadcast EMMA KEITH a Ypor oudnugc Vtiiocn T, hber oaatrdec parsot dliuvec tion Pr oduce r , Pr ogra mming fr om the National Theatr e. and Adm inistration FL O B UCK ERIDGE

Pr oducer KA TE MOORE The stage pr od uction of Obsession is pr odu ced by Barb ican Theatr e Pr oduc tions Lim ited, an d Toneelgr oep Amster dam; co-commissioned by W iener Festw oche n and Le s Théât r es d e la Ville de Luxembour g; co-pr oduced by Holland Festiva l and David Binder Pr oductions; and supported by the Angels in America Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. P t O i i Salo mé

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