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National Theatre Live: Man and Superman

68% | May 14, 2015 | Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Simon Godwin
Stage Director
George Bernard Shaw
Theatre Play

Cast

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Nicholas Le Prevost
Roebuck Ramsden
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Ferdinand Kingsley
Octavius Robinson
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Ralph Fiennes
Jack Tanner/Don Juan
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Indira Varma
Ann Whitefield/Ana
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Christine Kavanagh
Mrs Whitefield

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