National Theatre Live: Man and Superman

5.6
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 220 min
  • Premiere: 2015. May 14.

Academy Award® nominee Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient, Schindler’s List, Oedipus at the National Theatre) plays Jack Tanner in this exhilarating reinvention of Shaw’s witty, provocative classic. Jack Tanner, celebrated radical thinker and rich bachelor, seems an unlikely choice as guardian to the alluring heiress, Ann. But she takes it in her assured stride and, despite the love of a poet, she decides to marry and tame this dazzling revolutionary. Tanner, appalled by the whiff of domesticity, is tipped off by his chauffeur and flees to Spain, where he is captured by bandits and meets The Devil. An extraordinary dream-debate, heaven versus hell, ensues. Following in hot pursuit, Ann is there when Tanner awakes, as fierce in her certainty as he is in his. A romantic comedy, an epic fairytale, a fiery philosophical debate, Man and Superman asks fundamental questions about how we live.

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Nicholas Le Prevost

Roebuck Ramsden

Ferdinand Kingsley

Octavius Robinson

Ralph Fiennes

Jack Tanner/Don Juan

Indira Varma

Ann Whitefield/Ana

Christine Kavanagh

Mrs Whitefield

Clare Clifford

Miss Ramsden

Faye Castelow

Violet

Elliot Barnes-Worrell

Straker

Naomi Cranston

Housekeeper/The Sulky Social Democrat

Nick Hendrix

Hector Malone

Corey Johnson

Malone

Tim McMullan

Mendoza/The Devil

Colin Haigh

The Anarchist

Arthur Wilson

The Rowdy Social Democrat

Nicholas Bishop

The Frenchman (Duval)

Henry Everett

Police Officer

Mary Keegan

Police Officer

Simon Markey

Police Officer

Art

Christopher Oram

Set Designer

Camera

Paul Freeman

Camera Supervisor

Tony Freeman

Camera Operator

Phil Pearce

Camera Operator

Giuseppe Ingrao

Camera Operator

David Neill

Camera Operator

Wayne Ratcliffe

Camera Operator

Alan Tabner

Grip

Costume & Make-Up

Christopher Oram

Costume Design

Stephanie Arditti

Costume Supervisor

Amanda Tyrrell

Wardrobe Supervisor

Giuseppe Cannas

Wig Designer

Giuseppe Cannas

Makeup Department Head

Giuseppe Cannas

Hair Department Head

Crew

Jonathan Goddard

Choreographer

Paul Wanklin

Special Effects

Directing

Simon Godwin

Stage Director

Robin Lough

Director

Laura Vine

Script Supervisor

Lighting

James Farncombe

Lighting Design

Bernie Davis

Lighting Director

Laurie Clayton

Lighting Supervisor

Production

David Sabel

Executive Producer

Emma Keith

Producer

Fliss Williams

Production Manager

Sam Psyk

Associate Producer

Tom Giles

Unit Manager

Wendy Spon

Casting

Sound

Conrad Fletcher

Sound Supervisor

Paul Stannering

Sound Mixer

Michael Bruce

Music

Christopher Shutt

Sound Designer

Writing

George Bernard Shaw

Theatre Play

Art

Christopher Oram

Set Designer

Camera

Paul Freeman

Camera Supervisor

Tony Freeman

Camera Operator

Phil Pearce

Camera Operator

Giuseppe Ingrao

Camera Operator

David Neill

Camera Operator

Wayne Ratcliffe

Camera Operator

Alan Tabner

Grip

Costume & Make-Up

Christopher Oram

Costume Design

Stephanie Arditti

Costume Supervisor

Amanda Tyrrell

Wardrobe Supervisor

Giuseppe Cannas

Wig Designer

Giuseppe Cannas

Makeup Department Head

Giuseppe Cannas

Hair Department Head

Crew

Jonathan Goddard

Choreographer

Paul Wanklin

Special Effects

Directing

Simon Godwin

Stage Director

Robin Lough

Director

Laura Vine

Script Supervisor

Lighting

James Farncombe

Lighting Design

Bernie Davis

Lighting Director

Laurie Clayton

Lighting Supervisor

Production

David Sabel

Executive Producer

Emma Keith

Producer

Fliss Williams

Production Manager

Sam Psyk

Associate Producer

Tom Giles

Unit Manager

Wendy Spon

Casting

Sound

Conrad Fletcher

Sound Supervisor

Paul Stannering

Sound Mixer

Michael Bruce

Music

Christopher Shutt

Sound Designer

Writing

George Bernard Shaw

Theatre Play