The Old Vic: The Entertainer

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John Osborne was one of the 20th century’s most celebrated playwrights and the original ‘angry young man’. Following the success of Look Back in Anger, he continued to examine the state of the country in The Entertainer, this
time using three generations of a family of entertainers to symbolise the decline of post-war Britain.

To mark the play’s 50th anniversary, Robert Lindsay plays struggling comedian Archie Rice, a music-hall performer in an age when music halls had all but
disappeared. Driven by dreams of stardom and a desperation to equal his father’s success, Archie finds himself a man out of his time – a selfish, deceitful hasbeen, headlining a tacky revue in a rundown seaside town. Family tensions rise to the boil as he shamelessly cheats on his wife and tricks his dying father into financing one last revue. But throughout it all, Archie jigs and jabbers before his ever-diminishing audience and does whatever it takes to keep the show going.

Cast includes
Pam Ferris
Robert Lindsay

Director Sean Holmes

Performances from end Feb 2007

Group Discount Available
Groups 10+ Ł25 Mon-Weds
Seniors 10+ Ł20 Weds Mat
Schools 10+ Ł12 Mon-Weds

Performances:

Mon 12 Mar: 7:30pm
Tue 13 Mar: 7:30pm
Wed 14 Mar: 2:30pm, 7:30pm
Thu 15 Mar: 7:30pm
Fri 16 Mar: 7:30pm
Sat 17 Mar: 2:30pm, 7:30pm
Mon 19 Mar: 7:30pm
Tue 20 Mar: 7:30pm
Wed 21 Mar: 2:30pm, 7:30pm
Thu 22 Mar: 7:30pm
Fri 23 Mar: 7:30pm
Sat 24 Mar: 2:30pm, 7:30pm
Mon 26 Mar: 7:30pm +more...

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