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by Stefano Massini adapted by Ben Power directed by Sam Mendes

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This is the English-language premiere of The Lehman Trilogy is an epic theatrical Featuring a Tony Award-winning performance Stefano Massini’s play, though it is far from poem, almost Homeric in its length and in from host of the The Late Late Show, James Corden, the hilarious West End and the fi rst production. The piece was fi rst its repetitions and rhetoric. Massini utilises Broadway hit One Man, Two Guvnors returns performed in Paris in 2013, before Luca his own background in the Jewish faith to cinemas. Ronconi’s production at the Piccolo in to place the founding Lehmans’ religious Fired from his skiffl e band, Francis Henshall Milan in 2015, with further productions in practice at the centre of the story and becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small France, Italy and Germany amongst others. the play can also read like scripture. This is time East End hood, now in Brighton to collect about a family and a country losing its faith. by Richard Bean, based on The Servant £6,000 from his fi ancée’s dad. But Roscoe is of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni, really his sister Rachel posing as her own dead All across Europe, audiences have with songs by Grant Olding brother, who’s been killed by her boyfriend responded to the story of 150 years of In translating and adapting the play into a National Theatre production Stanley Stubbers. Western Capitalism told through a single English and creating the version for the NT The permanently ravenous Francis spots the family. The narrative of three immigrant production, I studied the many different chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second brothers and their offspring becomes a versions of the text that exist in Italian. In cinemas from 26 September job with one Stanley Stubbers, who is hiding from lens through which we see America and This adaptation is only one possible route the police and waiting to be reunited with Rachel. American capitalism grow, accomplish through the vast reaches of the original. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two miracles and ultimately succumb to the In rendering the spirit and the heart of guvnors apart. Simple. hubristic tragedy of 2008. It’s the story of Massini’s play into English, we have where we are and how we got here. attempted to preserve the ambitious scope of his vision, his wit and his humanity. ‘The course of true love never did run smooth.’ A feuding fairy King and Queen of the forest cross Neal Street Productions National Theatre Live paths with four runaway lovers and a troupe of actors trying to rehearse a play. As their dispute by William Shakespeare grows, the magical royal couple meddle with Set up in 2003 by Sam Mendes, Pippa National Theatre Live distributes a Bridge Theatre production mortal lives leading to love triangles, mistaken Harris and Caro Newling, Neal Street world-class theatre straight from stages identities and transformations… with hilarious, but dark consequences. Productions is one of the UK’s most across the United Kingdom to cinema In cinemas 17 October respected production companies, screens around the world. Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones) and producing distinctive and award-winning Oliver Chris (Green Wing, NT Live: Young Marx) fi lm, television and theatre. Working with the best of British star as Titania and Oberon star in Shakespeare’s most famous romantic comedy, directed by theatre companies and producers, we Nicholas Hytner. National Theatre simultaneously broadcast live theatre shows to cinemas in the UK, Europe and sometimes North America, as well as capturing the live Olivier Award-winners Lindsay Duncan (Birdman, At the National Theatre, we make world- performance for encore screenings in class theatre that is entertaining, challenging About Time) and Alex Jennings (The Lady in other territories. the Van, The Queen) feature in this witty and and inspiring. And we make it for everyone. devastating portrait of the governing class, Our live broadcasts and screenings have a new play by Simon Woods directed by Simon Godwin. We stage over 20 productions at our been seen by over 9 million people in 2,500 a National Theatre production It’s 1988 and Tory politician Robin Hesketh has South Bank home in London each year. cinemas in 65 countries since we launched returned home to the idyllic Cotswold house Our programme is broad and inclusive, in 2009. Broadcast live 7 November he shares with his wife, Diana. But all is not as appealing to the widest possible audiences blissful as it seems. Diana has a stinking hangover, a fox is destroying the garden, and secrets are with new plays, musicals, reimagined ntlive.com being dug up all over the place. As the day draws classics and work for young audiences. Our facebook/ntlive on, what starts as gentle ribbing and marital work is also seen in London’s West End, on @ntlive scrapping quickly turns to blood-sport. tour across the UK and internationally.