The 'Beaux': Mr Aimwell and Mr Archer, two charming, dissolute young men who have blown their fortunes in giddy London. Shamed and debt-ridden, they flee to provincial Lichfield. Their 'Stratagem': to marry for money. Lodged at the local inn, posing as master and servant, they encounter a teeming variety of human obstacles: a crooked landlord, a fearsome highwayman, a fervent French Count, a maid on the make, a drunken husband, a furious butler, a natural healer and a strange, turbulent priest. But their greatest obstacle is love. When the Beaux meet their match in Dorinda and Mrs Sullen they are most at risk, for in love they might be truly discovered. First performed in 1707.T0728470475Producer National Theatre. Director Simon Godwin. Design Lizzie Clachan. Lighting Jon Clark. Director Jonathan Goddard (movement). Music Michael Bruce. Sound Christopher Shutt. Music Michael Bruce. Performer Esh Alladi. Performer Samuel Barnett (Aimwell). Performer Jamie Beamish. Performer Pippa Bennett-Warner (Dorinda). Performer Jane Booker. Performer Cornelius Clarke. Performer Susannah Fielding (Mrs Sullen). Performer Molly Gromadzki. Performer John Hastings. Performer Richard Henders. Performer Lloyd Hutchinson. Performer Chris Kelham. Performer Nicholas Khan. Performer Barbara Kirby. Performer Ana-Maria Maskell. Performer Amy Morgan. Performer Pearce Quigley. Performer Ana-Maria Maskell. Performer Amy Morgan. Performer Mark Rose. Performer Chook Sibtain. Performer Geoffrey Streatfeild (Archer). Performer Timothy Watson. | |
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