Daily Mail, Evening Standard, The Times, Time Out
‘A comedy treat that’s as crisp,
ripe and funny as One Man, Two Guvnors.’
Sunday Express
THE MAGISTRATE, by Arthur
Wing Pinero, captured live in high definition will screen in Australian cinemas
nationally by National TheatreLive and Sharmill Films on Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 February, 2013. Directed by Tim Sheader,
the cast includes John Lithgow,
Nicholas Blane, Nicholas Burns, Nancy Carroll, Tamsin Carroll, Alexander Cobb,
Christina Cole, Jonathan Coy, Richard Freeman, Don Gallagher, Amy Griffiths,
Joshua Lacey, Christopher Logan, Nicholas Lumley, Joshua Manning, Joshua
McGuire, Sean McKenzie, Sarah Ovens, Peter Polycarpou, Beverly Rudd, Roger
Sloman and JezUnwin.
John
Lithgow, who is potentially available for interviews in January 2013, takes the
title role in THE MAGISTRATE, a fast,
furious,brilliantly plotted farce set in Victorian London.
With his louche air and developed taste for
smoking, gambling, port and women, it’s hard to believe Cis Farringdon is only
fourteen. And that’s because he isn’t. Agatha his mother lopped five years from
her true age and his when she married the amiable Magistrate Posket.
The imminent arrival of Cis’ godfather sends
Agatha incognito to the Hotel des Princes to warn him of her deception. But
it’s also where her son has cajoled his otherwise staid stepfather into joining
him for a binge. High-spirited carousing leads to a police raid and a night of
outrageous mishap as the trapped guests make desperate attempts to conceal themselves
from the law and from each other. Indignities escalate at court the next
day where Posket, the police magistrate, must preside.
John
Lithgow’s extensive stage and screen appearances include the films The World According to Garp
and Terms of Endearment (for both of which he
was Oscar-nominated), Footloose, Shrek,
3rd Rock from the Sun (winning three
Emmys and a Golden Globe Award) and Dexter (Emmy and Golden Globe Awards). His
many leading roles on Broadway include Sweet Smell of Success
(Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in
a Musical), M.Butterfly, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
and The Columnist (all earning Tony nominations), The Front Page
and All My Sons; and Malvolio in Twelfth
Night for the RSC. He performed his one-man theatrical memoir Stories by
Heart at the National Theatre in 2009.
John
Lithgow is priceless.’ - The
Times
‘The
marvellous Nancy Carroll.’ - Daily
Mail
‘A
Victorian corker of a show.’ - Daily
Mail
The
Magistrate runs 3 hours including an interval.
The National Theatre, founded in
1963, and established on the South Bank of the River Thames in London in 1976,
has three theatres – the Olivier, the Lyttelton and the Cottesloe – where it presents an eclectic mix of new plays and classics from the world
repertoire with seven or eight productions in repertory (sharing the
stages) at any one time. Actors often appear in more than one play during a
season or return to the National regularly.
It
is dedicated to the constant revitalisation of the
great traditions of the British stage and to expanding the horizons of
audiences and artists alike. The National Theatre aspires to reflect in its
repertoire the diversity of the nation's culture. With a commitment to openness, wide-reaching
engagement and access for everyone, the National shares its resources, energy
and creativity with audiences and theatre-makers around the globe; using its
Studio for research and development of new work, offering extensive learning
and public engagement programmes, touring and broadcasting in the UK and
internationally, and creating innovative digital content.
National Theatre Live events are
distributed outside the U.K. through New York-based BY Experience, Inc, the
pioneer of global live “alternative content” digital cinema events.
For moreinformation visit www.byexperience.net In Australia, National Theatre Live events are distributed by Sharmill Films www.sharmillfilms.com.au www.ntlive.info
For moreinformation visit www.byexperience.net In Australia, National Theatre Live events are distributed by Sharmill Films www.sharmillfilms.com.au www.ntlive.info
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE
performances are filmed live in high definition and broadcast via satellite to
over 500 cinemas around the world, live in the UK and Europe and time delayed
in countries further afield. There are
over 160 venues in the UK alongside venues in the USA, Canada, Australia, New
Zealand, South Africa, Mexico, India, Scandinavia and Europe. The performances
at the National are nominated in advance to allow cameras greater freedom in
the auditorium.
Forthcoming NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE productions include:
PEOPLE
(20 & 21 April, 2013) Frances
de la Tour takes the part of Dorothy in her third new play by Alan Bennett at the
National following The History Boys and The Habit of
Art. She is joined by Selina Cadell and Linda Bassett.
This house (8& 9 June,
2013) Set in 1974, in the
engine rooms of Westminster, This House, a new play by James Graham, strips
politics down to the practical realities of those behind the scenes.
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE is proudly supported by Aviva.
For The Magistrate images
visit http://www.sharmillfilms.com.au/?p=2327
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NSW
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