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| 0 | SELBY: Town Hall |
|---|---|
| P | Thursday 1st March, 2012 |
| N | 6:30pm |
PLEASE NOTE:
WE ABSORB ALL BOOKING FEES - THIS EXPLAINS THE ODD PRICE LISTED HERE! WHEN YOU GET TO THE CHECK OUT, 10% WILL BE ADDED AND, HEY PRESTO, THE FULL TICKET PRICE IS REACHED
National Theatre Live is a groundbreaking initiative to broadcast the best of British theatre to cinemas around the world. It has been a huge hit in the UK, and will be coming to Selby Town Hall for the first time this year. Three productions from London's National Theatre will be broadcast live, via satellite, to the venue.
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
I in earth, in heaven, or in hell?
Sleeping or waking? mad or well advised?
Known unto these, and to myself disguised!
Two sets of twins separated at birth collide in the same city without meeting for one crazy day, as multiple mistaken identities lead to confusion on a grand scale. And for no one more so than Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant Dromio who, in search of their brothers, arrive in a land entirely foreign to their distant home. A buzzing metropolis, to the outsiders it appears a place of wonderment and terror, where baffling gifts and unexplained hostilities abound.
Do you know me, sir? Am I Dromio? Am I your
man? Am I myself?
Consistently recognised by strangers, the visitors question their very selves as the turmoil escalates. Meanwhile, Aegeon, father to the Antipholus twins, has been captured searching for his sons and, as an illegal immigrant, is sentenced to death at sunset. Shakespeare’s furiously paced comedy will be staged in a contemporary world into which walk three prohibited foreigners who see everything for the first time. Lenny Henry plays Antipholus of Syracuse.
