Performance

Venue	Royal Court - Jerwood Theatre
	Also: Downstairs, Upstairs
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	1st November 2007
Opened	6th November 2007
To	15th December 2007
When	In rep
Prices	From £10.00. To £25.00.
Royal Court - Jerwood Theatre (V411)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

The Arsonists

Work:: The Arsonists (S3284)

Farce which brought the author international acclaim in 1958. When two suspicious characters insinuate themselves into his house, Gottlieb Biedermann feels unable to turn them out, even as his concerns grow that they are the arsonists who are devastating his community. When they show him their stockpile of petrol, fuses and detonators in his attic, he realises that he really ought to do something...Max Frisch's 1958 play is a modern classic. It is part moral fable, part black farce which examines the relationship between bourgeois complacency and continuing atrocity in modern Europe.

Author

Max Frisch

Production:: (T2127871994)

Producer	Royal Court Theatre
Translation	Alistair Beaton
Director	Ramin Gray
Design	Anthony Ward
Lighting	Johanna Town
Sound	Christopher Shutt
Choreographer	Hofesh Shechter
Performer	Benedict Cumberbatch
Performer	Will Keen (Biedermann)
Performer	Zawe Ashton
Performer	Michael Begley
Performer	Paul Chahidi
Performer	Jacqueline Defferary
Performer	David Hinton
Performer	Lloyd Hutchinson
Performer	Claire Prempeh
Performer	Alwyne Taylor
Performer	Graham Turner

Listing:: L1399540861

Downstairs. International Season

Production details

Downstairs. International Season

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