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| National Theatre Live |
Nicholas Wright Screening Date: February 19, 2012
Travelling Light imagines the birth of silent film in a remote Eastern European village at the turn of the century. Motl Mendl, who's entranced by the flickering silent images on his father's cinematograph, makes this small Jewish community his camera's focus. Bankrolled by Jacob, the ebullient local timber merchant, and inspired by Anna, the girl sent to help him make moving pictures of their village, he stumbles on a revolutionary way of story-telling. Forty years on, Motl - now a famed American film director - looks back on his early life and confronts the cost of fulfilling his dreams. Nicholas Wright's new play is a funny and fascinating tribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became major players in Hollywood's golden age, and stars Tony and Olivier award winner, Antony Sher.
"As The Artist threatens to win the first silent Best Picture Oscar since 1927? Nicholas Wright's play offers a fairytale imagining of how it all began." - The Times "A love letter to the movies and an appealingly intelligent evocation of the Jewish folk culture that formed the basis of American cinema." Guardian "Nicholas Wright's new play is a theatrical valentine to the movies." - Daily Telegraph 4 STARS "Enchanting. A golden-hearted tragicomic fable." - The Times |
Photos by Johan Persson |
| Cast (characters in order of speaking) |
Maurice Montgomery PAUL JESSON Motl Mendl DAMIEN MOLONY Jacob Bindel, a timber-merchant ANTONY SHER Aron, Jacob’s son JONATHAN WOOLF Itzak, Jacob’s son-in-law KARL THEOBALD Josef, foreman at the sawmill COLIN HAIGH Jacob’s daughter ALEXIS ZEGERMAN Little Boy NELL McCANN / ALEXANDER SEMPLE
Young woman JULIA KORNING TOM ALLWINTON |
| Creative Team |
Director NICHOLAS HYTNER Set Designer BOB CROWLEY Costume Designer VICKI MORTIMER Video/Projection designer JON DRISCOLL Music GRANT OLDING Sound Designer RICH WALSH Technical Consultant STEPHEN HERBERT Dialect Coach JEANNETTE NELSON |
About National Theatre Live
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National Theatre Live brings you the best of British theatre broadcast from London to a world-wide audience via satellite to over 300 venues in 22 countries around the globe. A season of incredible plays and musicals captured live in high-definition and broadcast around the world. The productions are shot in an up-close-and-personal style so you'll feel like you're there. Save money on a trip abroad and experience the best of the British stage as we transform our theatre into a state-of-the-art cinema! |
Screening: Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 2pm |
| Same Day Screening Bundle - Save $5 on Leonardo Live at 11am Save $5 on Leonardo Live tickets when you purchase Travelling Light tickets. Call the Box Office for details. |
Screening Date: 11am |
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