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his overcoat is neutral darling, neither Bolshevik nor Menshevik. Just essence of Prole. In Kiev during the Russian Civil War, the Turbin household is sanctuary to a ragtag, close-knit crowd presided over by the beautiful Lena. As her brothers prepare to fight for the White Guard, friends charge in from the riotous streets amidst an atmosphere of heady chaos, quaffing vodka, keeling over, declaiming, taking baths, playing guitar, falling in love. But the new regime is poised and in its brutal triumph lies destruction for the Turbins and their world. And those are the real enemies we face, deep in the shadows. This modern man with no name, no past, no love. This desperate hate-filled man born of loneliness and frustration. This man with nothing to be proud of, nothing he is part of...T01809041997Running Time: 2hrs 40mins inclu. intervalProducer National Theatre. Adapted by Andrew Upton. Director Howard Davies. Design Bunny Christie. Lighting Neil Austin. Sound Christopher Shutt. Performer Graham Butler (Franko). Performer Anthony Calf (Hetman). Performer Peter Campion (Galanba). Performer Pip Carter (Larion). Performer Gunnar Cauthery (Cobbler). Performer Hannah Croft (Woman). Performer Marcus Cunningham (Uragon). Performer Paul Dodds (Cossack). Performer Kevin Doyle (Talberg). Performer Nick Fletcher (Alexander). Performer Daniel Flynn (Alexei). Performer Keiran Flynn (Kirpaty). Performer Michael Grady-Hall (Officer 1 / Doctor). Performer Mark Healy (Von Shratt). Performer Richard Henders (Nikolai). Performer Paul Higgins (Vicktor). Performer Conieth Hill (Leonid Yurevich). Performer Nick Julian (Officer / Cadet). Performer Dermot Kerrigan (Bolbotun). Performer Stuart Martin (Von Durst). Performer Barry McCarthy (Fyodr / Maxim). Performer Daniel Millar (Officer / Cadet). Performer Justine Mitchell (Lena). | |
| 15 Mar 10 to 7 Jul 10 | Lyttelton (National Theatre), West End :: V374 listing details L0238796168 |
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