National Theatre Live: Man and Superman (2015)

Academy Award® nominee Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient, Schindler’s List, Oedipus at the National Theatre) plays Jack Tanner in this exhilarating reinvention of Shaw’s witty, provocative classic. Jack Tanner, celebrated radical thinker and rich bachelor, seems an unlikely choice as guardian to the alluring heiress, Ann. But she takes it in her assured stride and, despite the love of a poet, she decides to marry and tame this dazzling revolutionary. Tanner, appalled by the whiff of domesticity, is tipped off by his chauffeur and flees to Spain, where he is captured by bandits and meets The Devil. An extraordinary dream-debate, heaven versus hell, ensues. Following in hot pursuit, Ann is there when Tanner awakes, as fierce in her certainty as he is in his. A romantic comedy, an epic fairytale, a fiery philosophical debate, Man and Superman asks fundamental questions about how we live.

Directing:
  • Simon Godwin
  • Robin Lough

Writing:
  • George Bernard Shaw

Stars:
Release Date: 2015-05-14
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  • Country: GB
  • Language: English
Nick Hendrix
Nick Hendrix
Hector Malone
Indira Varma
Indira Varma
Ann Whitefield/Ana
Corey Johnson
Corey Johnson
Malone
Tim McMullan
Tim McMullan
Mendoza/The Devil
Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes
Jack Tanner/Don Juan
Elliot Barnes-Worrell
Elliot Barnes...
Straker
Faye Castelow
Faye Castelow
Violet
Christine Kavanagh
Christine Kav...
Mrs Whitefield
Ferdinand Kingsley
Ferdinand Kin...
Octavius Robinson
Nicholas Le Prevost
Nicholas Le P...
Roebuck Ramsden
Clare Clifford
Clare Cliffor...
Miss Ramsden
Naomi Cranston
Naomi Cransto...
Housekeeper/The Sulky Social Democrat
Colin Haigh
Colin Haigh
The Anarchist
Arthur Wilson
Arthur Wilson
The Rowdy Social Democrat
Nicholas Bishop
Nicholas Bish...
The Frenchman (Duval)
Henry Everett
Henry Everett
Police Officer
Mary Keegan
Mary Keegan
Police Officer
Simon Markey
Simon Markey
Police Officer
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