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Samedi 10-18h, Dimanche 11-17h
Samedi 10-18h, Dimanche 11-17h
Following Vincent in Brixton and The Reporter, Nicholas Wright's new play is a funny and fascinating tribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became major players in Hollywood's golden age.
Réservation à partir de: Vendredi, 13th Janvier 2012
Réservation jusqu'au : Samedi, 2nd Juin 2012
Représentation en journée : Thursday and Saturday 2.15pm. Sunday 3pm
Représentation en soirée : Monday to Saturday 7.30pm
Duré: 2 hours 30 minutes
Sur scène au Lyttelton
Following Vincent in Brixton and The Reporter, Nicholas Wright's new play is a funny and fascinating tribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became major players in Hollywood's golden age. It returns to the National Theatre after a successful season earlier this year and a UK tour.
In a remote village in Eastern Europe, around 1900, the young Motl Mendl is entranced by the flickering silent images on his father's cinematograph. Bankrolled by Jacob, the ebullient local timber merchant, and inspired by Anna, the girl sent to help him make moving pictures of their village, he stumbles on a revolutionary way of story-telling. Forty years on, Motl, now a famed American film director, looks back on his early life and confronts the cost of fulfilling his dreams.
How had a twenty-two-year old pretentious layabout made a discovery that would elude every other cinematic pioneer for years to come?
Please note: There are audio-described performances on Friday 2 March at 7.30pm andÃÂ Saturday 3 March at 2.15pm.
There is a captioned performance on WednesdayÃÂ 29 February at 7.30pm.
"Enchanting. A golden-hearted tragicomic fable"
The Times
"Inventive and amusing"
Daily Telegraph
"A love-letter to the movies and an appealingly intelligent evocation of the Jewish folk culture that formed the basis of American cinema"
The Guardian
Valid all performances from 24th April to 2nd June
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