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Illustration © Gerald Scarfe<br />
The Magistrate<br />
by Arthur Wing Pinero<br />
With his louche air and a developed taste for<br />
smoking, gambling, port and women, it’s hard to<br />
believe cis Farringdon is only fourteen. And that’s<br />
because he isn’t. Agatha his mother lopped five<br />
years from her true age and his when she married<br />
the amiable Posket.<br />
The imminent arrival of cis’ godfather sends<br />
Agatha incognito to the Hôtel des Princes to warn<br />
him of her deception. But it’s also where her son<br />
has cajoled his otherwise staid stepfather into<br />
joining him for a binge. High-spirited carousing<br />
leads to a police raid and a night of outrageous<br />
mishap as the trapped guests make desperate<br />
attempts to conceal themselves from the law and<br />
from each other. indignities escalate at court the<br />
next day where Posket, the police magistrate,<br />
must preside.<br />
John lithgow takes the title role in this fast,<br />
furious, brilliantly plotted farce set in victorian<br />
london; he is joined by Nancy carroll, returning<br />
to the NT following her Olivier award-winning<br />
performance in After the Dance.<br />
National Theatre live broadcast 17 January at 7pm<br />
Audio-Described performances<br />
Fri 4 Jan at 7.30pm, Sat 5 Jan at 2pm (Touch Tour at 12.30pm)<br />
captioned performances<br />
Thu 10 Jan at 7.30pm, Tue 22 Jan at 7.30pm<br />
The<br />
Magistrate<br />
Olivier Theatre Until 10 February<br />
Cast<br />
Patrick Barlow<br />
Nicholas Blane<br />
Nicholas Burns<br />
Nancy carroll<br />
Tamsin carroll<br />
Alexander cobb<br />
christina cole<br />
richard Freeman<br />
Don Gallagher<br />
Amy Griffiths<br />
Joshua lacey<br />
John lithgow<br />
christopher logan<br />
Nicholas lumley<br />
Joshua McGuire<br />
sean Mckenzie<br />
Joshua Manning<br />
sarah Ovens<br />
Peter Polycarpou<br />
Beverly rudd<br />
roger sloman<br />
Jez Unwin<br />
Director<br />
Timothy sheader<br />
Designer<br />
katrina lindsay<br />
Lighting Designer<br />
James Farncombe<br />
Lyrics<br />
richard stilgoe<br />
Music<br />
richard sisson<br />
Movement Director<br />
liam steel<br />
Sound Designer<br />
Paul Arditti<br />
Vocal Arranger<br />
David shrubsole<br />
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