International Theatre Database
International Theatre Database
Category
Play
Country
United Kingdom
Run Dates
Nov 4, 2017 - Mar 24, 2018
Venue
Run Time
120 minutes
2017.11.04 ~ 2018.03.24
National Theatre
World Premiere
Nominee
Nominee
Nominee
Winner
Nominee
Nominee
Nominee
Winner
Nominee
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Winner
Howard Beale, news anchorman, isn’t pulling in the viewers. In his final broadcast he unravels live on screen. But when the ratings soar, the network seize on their new found populist prophet, and Howard becomes the biggest thing on TV. Network depicts a dystopian media landscape where opinion trumps fact. Hilarious and horrifying by turns, the iconic film by Paddy Chayefsky won four Academy Award in 1976. Now, Lee Hall (Billy Elliot, Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour) and director Ivo van Hove (Hedda Gabler) bring his masterwork to the stage for the first time, with Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) in the role of Howard Beale.
National Theatre
London
United Kingdom
London
,United Kingdom
