National Theatre Live: Everyman
2015•15•1h 40m•1.0•Released
Drama
Everyman is successful, popular and riding high when Death comes calling. He is forced to abandon the life he has built and embark on a last, frantic search to recruit a friend, anyone, to speak in his defence. But Death is close behind, and time is running out. One of the great primal, spiritual myths, Everyman asks whether it is only in death that we can understand our lives. A cornerstone of English drama since the 15th century, it now explodes onto the stage in a startling production with words by Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate, and movement by Javier De Frutos.
Director
Rufus Norris
Writer
Carol Ann Duffy
Languages
English
Studio
National Theatre
Cast
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Everyman
Stephen Aintree
Ensemble
Philip Martin Brown
Kindred (Father)
Paul Bullion
Fellowship/Senses & Wits (Sound)
Adam Burton
Goods / Fellowship/Senses & Wits (Passion)
Michelle Butterly
Kindred (Sister)
Dermot Crowley
Death
Sharon D. Clarke
Kindred (Mother)
Kate Duchêne
God / Good Deeds
Amy Griffiths
Goods / Fellowship/Senses & Wits (Vanity)
Nick Holder
Fellowship/Senses & Wit (Strength)
Nicholas Karimi
Fellowship/Senses & Wit (Smell)
Joshua Lacey
Goods / Fellowship/Senses & Wits (Sensuality)
Penny Layden
Knowledge
Coral Messam
Fellowship/Senses & Wits (Conscience)
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