Details

Vienna, 1923. A discontented post-war generation diagnose youth to be their sickness and do their best to destroy it. Promiscuous, pitiless and bored, six sexually entangled medical students restlessly wander in and out of a boarding house, cramming, drinking, taunting, spying. Freder sets about savagely experimenting with the young, pretty maid, with half an eye on his former lover Desiree, a wild, disillusioned aristocrat. Petrell abandons Marie for the ruthless underdog Irene. Marie doesn't waste any time weeping ­ Desiree wants her. World Premiere. Running time: 2hrs 15mins inclu. interval.

Cast/Performers

Sian Clifford, Laura Elphinstone, Cara Horgan, Jonah Russell, Geoffrey Streatfeild, Lydia Wilson

Creatives/Company

Author: Ferdinand Bruckner
Corporate Sponsor(s): Travelex, Prudential (Matinees)
Producer: National Theatre
Adapted by: Martin Crimp
Director: Katie Mitchell
Design: Vicki Mortimer
Costume: John Bright
Lighting: Jon Clark
Sound: Gareth Fry