Resurrection Blues

Archive Listings for Resurrection Blues

T1452828317 (OLDVIC05) Producer Old Vic. Producer Scott Griffin. Director Robert Altman. Design Robin Wagner. Costume Jenny Beavan. Lighting Rick Risher. Sound Matt Mackenzie. Performer Neve Campbell (Jeanine). Performer Jane Adams (Emily). Performer Peter McDonald (Stanley). Performer Matthew Modine (Skip). Performer Maximilian Schell (General Felix Barriaux). Performer James Fox (Henri Schultz).

14 Feb 06 to 15 Apr 06

Old Vic Theatre, West End :: V402 listing details L44778135

Details

Play :: Resurrection Blues, is a satire on the ways that media hype, with official lies, helps to sustain the rule of corrupt government. The play is set in an unnamed Latin American country, where a young revolutionary is captured by the presiding military dictator. General Felix Barriaux seizes the opportunity to improve the country's finances by having the revolutionary executed and selling the television rights.

Author

Arthur Miller