It was the opening production at the Bridge Theatre in London (residency of the London Theatre Company), a new commercial theatre founded by previous National Theatre artistic director Nicholas Hytner and executive director Nick Starr. The production opened the theatre on Friday 27 October 2017, following previews from Wednesday 18 October, and ran until Sunday 31 December 2017. The production was also broadcast through National Theatre Live in December.
The production starred Rory Kinnear in the title role and Oliver Chris as Friedrich Engels and reunited the creative team of Bean's previous hit play One Man Two Guvnors (which premiered at the National Theatre), directed by Hytner, designed by Mark Thompson, music by Grant Olding, lighting by Mark Henderson and sound by Paul Arditti.
On 17 August, the full company was announced alongside Kinnear and Chris.[1]
The description published on the play's information page on the Bridge Theatre's website is as follows:
1850, and Europe's most feared terrorist is hiding in Dean Street, Soho. Broke, restless and horny, the thirty-two-year-old revolutionary is a frothing combination of intellectual brilliance, invective, satiric wit, and child-like emotional illiteracy.
Creditors, spies, rival revolutionary factions and prospective seducers of his beautiful wife all circle like vultures. His writing blocked, his marriage dying, his friend Engels in despair at his wasted genius, his only hope is a job on the railway. But there’s still no one in the capital who can show you a better night on the piss than Karl Heinrich Marx.
^"Complete Casting Announced for Nicholas Hytner-Directed Young Marx | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
^"Full casting announced for Bridge Theatre's Young Marx". www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
External linksedit
Page on The Bridge Theatre website
April 12, 2024
young, marx, play, confused, with, young, karl, marx, young, marx, play, richard, bean, clive, coleman, about, early, life, karl, marx, young, marxofficial, artworkwritten, byrichard, beanclive, colemandate, premiered27, october, 2017place, premieredbridge, th. Not to be confused with The Young Karl Marx Young Marx is a play by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman about the early life of Karl Marx Young MarxOfficial artworkWritten byRichard BeanClive ColemanDate premiered27 October 2017Place premieredBridge TheatreLondonOriginal languageEnglishSubjectThe early life of Karl MarxGenreComedySetting1850 SohoIt was the opening production at the Bridge Theatre in London residency of the London Theatre Company a new commercial theatre founded by previous National Theatre artistic director Nicholas Hytner and executive director Nick Starr The production opened the theatre on Friday 27 October 2017 following previews from Wednesday 18 October and ran until Sunday 31 December 2017 The production was also broadcast through National Theatre Live in December The production starred Rory Kinnear in the title role and Oliver Chris as Friedrich Engels and reunited the creative team of Bean s previous hit play One Man Two Guvnors which premiered at the National Theatre directed by Hytner designed by Mark Thompson music by Grant Olding lighting by Mark Henderson and sound by Paul Arditti On 17 August the full company was announced alongside Kinnear and Chris 1 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast and characters 3 References 4 External linksPlot editThe description published on the play s information page on the Bridge Theatre s website is as follows 1850 and Europe s most feared terrorist is hiding in Dean Street Soho Broke restless and horny the thirty two year old revolutionary is a frothing combination of intellectual brilliance invective satiric wit and child like emotional illiteracy Creditors spies rival revolutionary factions and prospective seducers of his beautiful wife all circle like vultures His writing blocked his marriage dying his friend Engels in despair at his wasted genius his only hope is a job on the railway But there s still no one in the capital who can show you a better night on the piss than Karl Heinrich Marx Bridge Theatre websiteCast and characters editCharacter Bridge Theatre London cast 2017 2 Karl Marx Rory KinnearFriedrich Engels Oliver ChrisJenny von Westphalen Nancy CarrollNym Laura ElphinstoneSchramm Eben FigueiredoWillich Nicholas BurnsGert Doc Schmidt Tony JayawardenaBarthelemy Miltos YerolemouFleece Darwin Duncan WisbeyGrabiner Singe Scott KarimMrs Mullet Alana RamseyLibrarian Sophie RussellPeter Fode SimboConstable Crimp William TroughtonSergeant Savage Joseph WilkinsReferences edit Complete Casting Announced for Nicholas Hytner Directed Young Marx Playbill Playbill Retrieved 19 August 2017 Full casting announced for Bridge Theatre s Young Marx www officiallondontheatre co uk Retrieved 19 August 2017 External links editPage on The Bridge Theatre website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Young Marx play amp oldid 1147546256, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
