Emperor and Galilean

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T01288788848 (NT11) UK Premiere.Producer National Theatre. Adapted by Ben Power. Director Jonathan Kent. Design Paul Brown. Lighting Mark Henderson. Music Jonathan Dove. Design Nina Dunn (video). Director Denni Sayers (movement). Sound Christopher Shutt. Performer Andrew Scott (Emperor Julian the Apostate). Performer Ian McDiarmid (Maximus). Performer James McArdle. Performer Jamie Ballard. Performer John Heffernan). Performer Genevieve O'Reilly. Performer Prasanna. Performer Simon Coombs. Performer Chris Jared. Performer Simon Merrells. Performer Carole Nimmons. Performer Lara Rossi.

9 Jun 11 to 10 Aug 11

Olivier (National Theatre), West End :: V373 listing details L1577908242

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Play :: Live like Constantius, under Christ’s terror and judgement, or rule a land of light! Emperor, or Galilean, that’s your choice. Charting the true odyssey of an astonishing man, Julian, as he struggles to find spiritual fulfilment and political pre-eminence, Ibsen’s lost masterpiece sweeps across Greece and the Middle-East from AD 351 covering 12 crucial years in the history of civilisation. Oh Dionysus, pour your glory into the minds of men and fill their souls with rapture until rejoicing pours forth in dance and song! Life! Life! Made Emperor, Julian attempts to abolish Christianity and restore the old gods. But met with fierce resistance, this great free-thinker become s a tyrant more hated than his brutal predecessor Constantius. And in arousing the Christians from their apathy he advances their cause, his life and death altering the course of history in stark opposition to his intent. All I wanted was to return mankind to an age of joy. But maybe I’m living in the wrong time. Ibsen’s magnificent farewell to epic drama tackles faith head on. A cast of 50 perform this exciting new version, creating a cathedral of sound and ritual.

Author

Henrik Ibsen