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Major Barbara

Major Barbara
theater tickets
National Theatre, Olivier
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National Theatre, Olivier
Southbank
London  SE1 9PX
United Kingdom
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£33.00
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Tue, 10th June 2008
Booking to
Wed, 2nd July 2008
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by Bernard Shaw

'A drama which asks big questions launches this year's Travelex £10 season. Simon Russell Beale is in commanding form.'
Daily Telegraph

Major Barbara works tirelessly for the poor at a Salvation Army shelter until a large but morally dubious donation is welcomed from her estranged father, a millionaire weapons manufacturer. But when she visits the factory itself, the well-fed workers in their thriving model town make a devastating case for arms trade profits and a whole new set of ideals.

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.

The National’s recent production of Saint Joan (Best Revival, Laurence Oliver Awards 2008) suggested that Shaw may be our most provocative contemporary playwright.


Simon Russell Beale plays the millionaire, Undershaft, in this radical state-of-the-nation play which confronts the big questions with brutal panache.

The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty… our first duty – a duty to which every other consideration should be sacrificed – is not to be poor.

Cast credits:
Snobby Price : Paul Anderson
Charles Lomax : Tom Andrews
Barbara Undershaft : Hayley Atwell
Bill Walker : Ian Burfield
Jenny Hill : Katharine Burford
Bilton : Martin Chamberlain
Ensemble : Alasdair Craig
Peter Shirley : Patrick Drury
Ensemble : Keiran Flynn
Sarah Undershaft : Jessica Gunning
Stephen Undershaft : John Heffernan
Lady Britomart Undershaft : Clare Higgins
Morrison : Derek Howard
Rummy Mitchens : Stephanie Jacob
Ensemble : Barbara Kirby
Mrs Baines : Maggie McCarthy
Ensemble : Pamela Merrick
Adolphus Cusins : Paul Ready
Undershaft : Simon Russell Beale
Ensemble : Richard Shanks
Ensemble : Lizzie Winkler

Production credits:
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Set Designer: Tom Pye
Costume Designer: Vicki Mortimer
Lighting Designer: Paul Pyant
Music: Matthew Scott
Sound Designer: Mike Walker


Travel


Nearest Underground: Waterloo (Northern, Bakerloo & Jubilee lines)

Nearest Rail: Waterloo
Please follow the signs from Waterloo Staion to the National Theatre/Southbank.

ACCESS


Wheelchair Access available.

Hard of Hearing/Visually Impaired: Most productions have signed and audio enhanced performances. Please contact the theatre for details.