Once in a Lifetime

Archive Listings for Once in a Lifetime

T121710969 (NT05) Producer National Theatre. Director Edward Hall. Design Mark Thompson. Lighting Hugh Vanstone. Sound Paul Groothuis. Performer David Suchet (Herman Glogauer). Performer Victoria Hamilton (May Daniels). Performer Adrian Scarborough (George Lewis). Performer Caroline Sheen (Susan Walker). Performer Marcia Warren (Mrs Walker). Performer Issy Van Randwyck (Helen Hobart). Performer Jonathan McGuinness (Lawrence Vail). Performer Lloyd Hutchinson. Performer Sarah Annis. Performer Paul Basleigh. Performer Kate Best. Performer Paul Cawley. Performer Alan Cooke. Performer Edwina Cox. Performer Joshua Dallas. Performer Lisa Donmall. Performer Serena Evans. Performer Nick Fletcher. Performer Akiya Henry. Performer Tim McMullan. Performer William Osbourne. Performer Alexis-Owen Hobbs. Performer Michael Rouse. Performer Adam Shipway. Performer Rachel Stanley. Performer Jack Tarlton. Performer Nicholas Tizzard. Performer Emma Tunmore. Performer Inika Leigh Wright. Performer Matt Zimmerman.
5 Dec 05 to 11 Mar 06	Olivier (National Theatre), West End :: V373 listing details L0176524712
T2048916034 (TRINITY04) Company Tunbridge Wells Boys School.
24 Nov 04 to 27 Nov 04	Trinity Theatre and Arts Centre, Tunbridge Wells :: V691 listing details L01449466651
T293244885 (MIDSURR02) Company Mid Surrey Theatre Company. Director Adrian Washbourne.
26 Nov 02 to 30 Nov 02	Epsom Playhouse, Epsom :: V699 listing details L01638439004
T1994350528 (RADA98) Company RADA. Director Robert Chetwyn. Design Peter Rice.
20 Mar 98 to 28 Mar 98	Cochrane Theatre, Inner London :: V181 listing details L653931106

Details

Play :: A classic 'showbiz' comedy from the 1930s. Two vaudevillians, George and Jerry, down on their luck, decide that the advent of 'the talkies' is their chance to make 'Big Money' in Hollywood. Astutely manipulated by their 'better third', the enterprising May Daniels, they set off for Los Angeles with its legion of would-be writers and starlets. A chance encounter on the train leads to May claiming to be voice coach to Lady Tree and their adventures begin. Her male companions, however, have rather more difficulty in keeping up the act Kaufman and Hart's inside knowledge of the entertainment industry lends their satire an edge and originality which made them the most successful comic writing partnership in the American theatre. The parade of humorous types in the film industry, which they parody with such skill, gives an hilarious glimpse into motion pictures in their early days.

Author	George S Kaufman
Author	Moss Hart