Adam Godley, Ben Miles And Simon Russell Beale Cast In THE LEHMAN TRILOGY
By: A.A. Cristi Jan. 18, 2018
Adam Godley, Ben Miles and Simon Russell Beale are today announced as taking the roles of the Lehman brothers in Stefano Massini's The Lehman Trilogy, adapted by Ben Power and directed by Sam Mendes, in a co-production with Neal Street Productions. Further cast and creatives to be announced.
On a cold September morning in 1844, a young man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside. Dreaming of a new life in the new world, he is soon joined by his two brothers and an American epic begins. 163 years later the firm they establish, Lehman Brothers, spectacularly collapses into bankruptcy and triggers the largest financial crisis in history. Stefano Massini's vast and poetic play unfolds over three parts in a single evening, opening in the Lyttelton Theatre in July 2018.
The world premiere of Stefano Massini's The Lehman Trilogy opened at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan in 2015. It turned out to be Artistic Director Luca Ronconi's final production before his death. A long-term admirer of Ronconi's, Sam Mendes was inspired to begin planning an English adaptation for Neal Street Productions. From a literal English translation by Mirella Cheeseman, Ben Power was commissioned to create a new version of this epic play, which charts the extraordinary story of a family and a company that changed the world.
Public on-sale March 2018. For the latest updates, subscribe to NT News. The Lehman Trilogy will open July 2018.
Neal Street produces film, television and theatre. Formed in 2003 by Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris and Caro Newling, with Nicolas Brown joining as fourth director in the company's tenth year. In 2015 Neal Street moved under the umbrella of parent company, All3Media. Previously Sam Mendes and Caro Newling established and ran The Donmar Warehouse 1992-2002, since when Newling has produced the company's theatre slate.
Recent theatre includes: The Ferryman by Jez Butterworth, Gielgud Theatre, This House by James Graham, Garrick Theatre, and forthcoming David Hare's new play A Moderate Soprano. World Premiere productions: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, produced with Warner Brothers Theatre Ventures at Theatre Royal Drury Lane and the Lunt-Fontanne on Broadway, and Shrek The Musical produced with Dreamworks Animation at the Broadway Theatre NYC, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, touring nationally 2014-2018.
Previous productions: The Bridge Project, a three-year transatlantic venture with the Old Vic & Brooklyn Academy Of Music presenting five classic plays for worldwide stages across fifteen international cities, directed by Sam Mendes. Premiere productions: Three Days of Rain, The Vertical Hour The House of Special Purpose , All About My Mother, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Days of Wine and Roses, Anna in the Tropics, Fuddy Meers.
West End/Broadway transfers: South Downs/The Browning Version, Enron, Hamlet, Mary Stuart , Red, Merrily We Roll Along, Sunday in the Park, The Painkiller.
NSP Film and television: Heidi Thomas' series Call the Midwife, John Logan's series Penny Dreadful, Stuart A Life Backwards, Starter for Ten, Things We Lost in the Fire, Jarhead, Revolutionary Road, Away We Go, Blood,
The Hollow Crown for BBC2 featuring Richard II (dir. Rupert Goold), Henry IV Part 1 & Part 2 (dir. Richard Eyre), Henry V (dir. Thea Sharrock), Henry VI parts 1 and 2 and Richard III (dir. Dominic Cooke) Britannia by Jez Butterworth. Currently in production Informer by Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani.
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