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Performance

VenueOlivier (National Theatre)
TownWest End
CountyGreater London
From8th September 2006
Opened14th September 2006
To21st November 2006
PricesFrom £10.00. To £37.50.
Olivier (National Theatre) (V373)
Current/Future Listings
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The Alchemist

The Alchemist

Work:: The Alchemist (S2247)

While the master of the house is out of town to escape the plague, his house-keeper sets up with 'a cheater and his punk' as the city's premiere conman. A full range of alternative services is offered to the citizens who beat a furtive path to their door - anything from the secret of eternal youth to that recipe of recipes, which will turn a tin can into bankable gold. Masters of the ludicrous disguise, in one amazing day they aim to prove 'who shall shark the best.' Their frantic fraudulence reaches boiling point when the gang receives some alarming news. Jonson's satire mercilessly burns away the dross, exposing a society whose obsessions make it vulnerable to any well worked scam - as long as it promises the instant jackpot in business, gambling, quarrelling or sexual conquest.
Author Ben Jonson

Production:: (T318865152)

Producer National Theatre
Director Nicholas Hytner
Design Mark Thompson
Lighting Mark Henderson
Sound Rich Walsh
Music Grant Olding
Performer Simon Russell Beale
Performer Alex Jennings
Performer Lesley Manville
Performer Ian Richardson
Performer Tristan Beint
Performer Elisabeth Dermot Walsh
Performer Bryan Dick
Performer Tim McMullan
Performer Amit Shah
Performer Sam Spruell
Performer Sarah Annis
Performer Ian Barritt
Performer Natalie Best
Performer John Burgess
Performer Jason Burgess
Performer Jason Cheater
Performer Paul Chesterton
Performer John Cummins
Performer Simon Markey
Performer Andrew McDonald

Listing:: L0739154019

Part of the £10 Travelex Season. Dates and further information to be confirmed



Production details

Part of the £10 Travelex Season. Dates and further information to be confirmed

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Special Performances


  • 13 Oct 06 Audio Described
  • 14 Oct 06 Audio Described
  • 16 Oct 06 Open Captioned (STAGETEXT)
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