Performance

VenueFinborough
Other spaces: The Finborough
TownInner London
CountyGreater London
From22nd May 2018
To9th June 2018
WhenTue-Sat 19:30. Sun Mats 15:00. Sat Mats 15:00 (from Jun 2)
What is currently on at Finborough (V199)

The Biograph Girl

The Biograph GirlT01097518270
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.
Book by Warner Brown
Lyrics Warner Brown
Lyrics David Heneker
Music David Heneker


Archive :: production:T01097518270, musical:S118198854, venue:V199

Production details

The 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.

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Company

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)
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