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12 Jun to 4 Sep 2021
Wyndham's Theatre
Image courtesy Sonia Friedman Productions
Synopsis
Vienna in 1900 was the most vibrant city in Europe, humming with artistic and intellectual excitement and a genius for enjoying life.
A tenth of the population were Jews.
A generation earlier they had been granted full civil rights by the Emperor, Franz Josef.
Consequently, hundreds of thousands had fled from the Pale and the pogroms in the East and many found sanctuary in the crowded tenements of the old Jewish quarter, Leopoldstadt.
Tom Stoppard's new play, directed by Patrick Marber, is an intimate drama with an epic sweep; the story of a family who made good.
"My grandfather wore a caftan," says Hermann, a factory owner, "My father went to the opera in a top hat, and I have the singers to dinner."
It was not to last.
Half a century later, this family, like millions of others, has re-discovered what it means to be Jewish in the first half of the 20th century.
LEOPOLDSTADT is a passionate drama of love, family and endurance.
It is Stoppard's most humane and heart-breaking play.
Background, advisory warnings
Age suitability: 12+
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Theatre
London WC2H 0DA
Dates
Performance days & times
Monday ‑ 7‑30pm
Tuesday ‑ 7‑30pm
Wednesday ‑ 7‑30pm
Thursday ‑ 7‑30pm
Friday ‑ 7‑30pm
Saturday ‑ 7‑30pm
Thursday - 2-30pm (from 20 Feb)
Saturday - 2-30pm
Tickets
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CAPTIONED PERFORMANCE:
Tuesday 17th March 2020: 7.30pm
AUDIO DESCRIBED PERFORMANCE:
Tuesday 24th March 2020: 7.30pm
Cast
Sebastian Armesto
Jenna Augen
Rhys Bailey
Joe Coen
Mark Edel-Hunt
Clara Francis
Ilan Galkoff
Caroline Gruber
Sam Hoare
Natalie Law
Noof McEwan
Dorothea Myer Bennett
Jake Neads
Aaron Neil
Alexander Newland
Yasmin Paige
Adrian Scarborough
Griffin Stevens
Ed Stoppard
Luke Thallon
Eleanor Wyld
Alexis Zegerman
Toby Cohen
Zachary Cohen
Olivia Festinger
Tamar Laniado
Maya Larholm
Daniel Lawson
Louis Levy
Libby Lewis
Jack Meredith
Chloe Raphael
Beatrice Rapstone
Montague Rapstone
Creatives
Author: Tom Stoppard
Composer: Adam Cork
Director: Patrick Marber
Set designer: Richard Hudson
Costume designer: Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Lighting: Neil Austin
Sound: Adam Cork
Movement: EJ Boyle
Production: Sonia Friedman Productions