Performance

Venue	Shaftesbury Theatre
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	30th September 2000
Opened	17th October 2000
To	3rd February 2001
When	Mon-Sat 19:30, Oct 17 at 19:00, Wed/Sat Mats 14:30. Christmas times: Dec 25 - Closed, Dec 26 14:30 and 19:30, Dec 27 19:30, Dec 28 14:30 and 19:30, Dec 29 19:30, Dec 30 14:30 and 19:30, Jan 1 19:30. No performances 19:30 9/10/11 Oct
Shaftesbury Theatre (V415)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Napoleon

Work:: Napoleon (S1183229450)

A musical biography of Napoleon Bonaparte, the vertically challenged Frenchman who created an empire through military cunning and sheer willpower before his forces were weakened by the Russian winter and then destroyed at Waterloo. Napoleon, who comes from a lowly background, crashes a lavish ball. He has come to press the Directors of the government for a command in the army. Then he meets the beautiful, alluring socialite Rose de Beauharnais... Napoleon unveils the passionate love story of Napoleon and Josephine (the name he gave Rose), his turbulent relationship with his patriotic brother, and a manipulative Prime Minister.

Book by	Andrew Sabiston
Lyrics	Andrew Sabiston
Book by	Timothy Williams
Music	Timothy Williams

Production:: (T0342826168)

Running time 2.5hrs

Director	Francesca Zambello
Design	Michael Yeargan
Costume	Marie-Jeanne Lecca
Lighting	Rick Fisher
Sound	Martin Levan
Choreographer	Denni Sayers
Choreographer	David Leong (military choreography)
Music	Jonathan Tunick (orchestrations)
Music	Seann Alderking (musical supervision and arrangements)
Director	David Charles Abell (music)
Design	Jan Hartley (projection design)
Choreographer	Michael Ward (wigs and make-up)
Producer	Malmaison Productions Ltd
Performer	Paul Baker (Napoleon)
Performer	Anastasia Barzee (Josephine)
Performer	Uwe Kroger (Napoleon - some dates)
Performer	David Burt (Talleyrand)
Performer	David Arneil
Performer	Steve Bradford
Performer	Jacqueline Braun
Performer	Lynsey Britton
Performer	Anthony Cable
Performer	Jody Crosier
Performer	Iain Davey
Performer	Heather Davies
Performer	Nicholas Dunbar
Performer	Chris Fennessy
Performer	Susie Fenwick
Performer	Hugh Futcher
Performer	Lydia Griffiths
Performer	Kristin Hellberg
Performer	Kristin Holck
Performer	Sarah Ingram
Performer	Teddy Kempner
Performer	Gerard Leighton
Performer	Roy Litvin
Performer	Andy Mace
Performer	Oliver Marshall
Performer	Anthony Moulton
Performer	Anita Pashley
Performer	Vince Pirillo
Performer	Nicholas Pound
Performer	Nigel Richards
Performer	Tom Sellwood
Performer	Louisa Shaw
Performer	Mark Stobbart

Listing:: L794307523

Production details

Running time 2.5hrs

Reviews

News: The Next Hit?
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News: Not tonight Rose...
20Jun00:

News: French plots abound
25May00:

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