From the composer of Half A Sixpence, a joyous musical celebration of Hollywood's glorious era of silent film - beginning in 1912 when disreputable "flickers" are shown in fleapits and no self-respecting actor will appear in them, and ending in 1927 with movies now a glamorous, multi-million dollar industry and the first talking pictures signal the doom of silent films. In a breath taking sweep of just fifteen years, the great innovative directors created filmmaking as we know it today, ground breaking movie moguls laid the foundations of the entertainment industry, and trail blazing actors launched the Hollywood star system. Weaving together the heartbreaks and triumphs of the flawed genius director D. W. Griffith and the first movie stars Lilian Gish and Mary Pickford, The Biograph Girl is a love letter to the stardust and scandals of the silent movie era.T01097518270The libretto has been especially revised for this production by its original co-writer Warner Brown and includes - for the very first time - the reintroduction of songs cut from the West End premiere production.Presented byMercurius (in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre). Director Jenny Eastop. Musical Director Anna Yates. Choreographer Holly Hughes. Design Anna Yates. Lighting Ali Hunter. Performer Matthew Cavendish (Sennett). Performer Lauren Chinery (Dorothy Gish). Performer Joshua C Jackson (Epping). Performer Emily Langham (Lillian Gish). Performer Jonathan Leinmuller (D W Griffith). Performer Sophie Linder-Lee (Mary Pickford). Performer JasonMorell (Bitzer / Zukor). Performer Charlie Ryall (Rose). Performer Nova Skipp (Momma). | |
| 22 May 18 to 9 Jun 18 | Finborough, Inner London :: V199 listing details L01745247771 |
T01305618844Company The Playhouse Theatre Company. | |
| 24 May 17 to 27 May 17 | Backwell Playhouse, Backwell :: V0804100176 listing details L0422733617 |
T01108779078Presented byLondon College of Music. Presented byUniversity of West London. | |
| 6 Nov 13 to 16 Nov 13 | Watermans Arts Centre, Outer London :: V339 listing details L02017459395 |
T01352496632Company Imperial Opera. | |
| 10 Nov 06 to 11 Nov 06 | Hoxton Hall, Inner London :: V204 listing details L452027779 |
T1442028111Director Peter Barlow. Choreographer Jill Francis. Conductor Ian Smith (music). | |
| 28 Mar 01 to 31 Mar 01 | Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford :: V702 listing details L0616217735 |
