The Entertainer

T01381312221
A proud past, a shabby present, an uncertain future: the state of the nation in 1956 perhaps, but also the state of the Rice family in a run-down seaside resort, where Archie is fronting a strip-show in a seedy theatre. Ever the entertainer, he carries on joking, dancing, singing - increasingly dead behind the eyes. This is a modern classic: it is a play about the state of the nation, but it is also a play which is vaudeville: funny, sleazy, sentimental in turn, after turn, after turn.

Author

John Osborne

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Archive :: production:T01381312221, play:S3167, venue:V1830193620

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Special Performances

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• 17 May 03 Audio Described
• 17 May 03 Sign Interpreted
• 21 May 03 Audio Described
• 22 May 03 Sign Interpreted