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Haymarket SW1Y 4HT
Map ©Silvermaze Ltd
2008
Photo ©Tony Reading
2008
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online booking page for the
Haymarket Theatre. This supports the theatre as they then receive the
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A note from the author We put this AVMovie together (a compilation of still photos and video clips) to show off London theatres as they are seen most often by theatre goers – by night. Thanks to Ben Shafik for his lighthearted and informative commentary and Fionn O'Lochlainn for the original music. Watch out for the new version with current liveries and the names of the theatres as they appear. Baxter |
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The fame this film received was well deserved. It was good. In a setting of a New York socialite, it's an iconic film that shows the struggle between marrying for love or having a marriage with whoreish connotations.
It was an era where women
were enjoying a new found freedom and struggling from the
hardened chrysalis of being owned by keeper husbands. Loveless
marriages were getting bad press as the freedom to choose love dawned on
woman kind in the west. This was a story that showed all the fun of
freedom and parodied the enticements of luxury newly available to the
deep and the skin deep alike.Holly Golightly was given a choice when she fell in love. The choice was between the good guy, faithful, adoring, consistent or the careless male political slime – complete with the pomp and prejudices of money wealth.
Audrey Hepburn seemed to play herself with an easy vivacity and charm that won everybody's hearts. Who does not love Audrey Hepburn? The way she wore her elegant and classic clothes, her direct outwardly knowing look were a model for all the other stars - certainly anyone with genuine charisma.
Now
they bring the story to the show at the Theatre Royal Haymarket West
End. Anna Friel is taking on the persona of Holly Golightly the good
time girl who is deeper than skin deep by quite a way. Anna has a
chance to set the stage for a new version of a free young woman
choosing love or cold cash.Can she kick her abject dependency on getting a rich husband?
Audrey Hepburn played Holly Golightly with great acclaim from the press and public alike.
That's when a celeb was everything to do with the meaning of the word 'Celebrity'. Her direct and almost inquisitive childlike look, her style and grace with everything she wore became a part of the character that made Truman Capote's story.
Anna
Friel has a look too and the wide smiling vivaciousness to go along with it. Looking forward to the launch.
Cast
• Anna Friel - Holly Golightly
• Joseph Cross - William 'Fred' Parsons
• Suzanne Bertish - Madame Spanella
• James Bradshaw - Rusty Trawler
• Gwendoline Christie - Mag Wildwood
• Courtenay Hyu - Ensemble Paul
• Dermot Crowley - Joe Bell
• Felix D'Alviella - Jose Ybarra-Jaegar
• James Dreyfus - O J Berman
• Nicholas Goh - Mr Yunioshi
• Natalie Klamar - Middy Munson
• David Phelan - Sid Arbuck
• John Ramm - Doc Golightly
• Annie Hemingway - Ensemble
• Sam Hoare - Ensemble
• Author - Truman Capote
• Stage Adaptation - Samuel Adamson
• Designer - Anthony Ward
• Choreographer - Wayne McGregor
• Lighting - Bruno Poet
• Original Music and Arrangements - Grant Olding
• Sound - Paul Groothuis • Producer - Colin Ingram
• Director - Sean Mathias
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