She Stoops to Conquer
by Oliver Goldsmith
5 STARS ‘Goldsmith's tightly plotted play seems wonderfully youthful in this fizzy production.' Evening Standard
5 STARS 'A joyous spectacle.' Sunday Telegraph
4 STARS 'A delight.' Independent
4 STARS 'Leaves the theatre echoing with the sound of the audience's happiness.' Guardian
4 STARS ‘A great night of high English comedy.' Daily Telegraph
4 STARS 'Played with lip-smacking relish.' Financial Times
4 STARS ‘A sparkling revival. Riotously comic performances...' Sunday Times
4 STARS ‘A rollicking fantastically funny production.' Sunday Express
4 STARS 'Gloriously funny.' Mail On Sunday
Hardcastle, a man of substance, looks forward to acquainting his daughter with his old pal’s son with a view to marriage. But thanks to playboy Lumpkin, he’s mistaken by his prospective son in-law Marlow for an innkeeper, his daughter for the local barmaid. The good news is, while Marlow can barely speak to a woman of quality he’s a charmer with those of a different stamp. And so, as Hardcastle’s indignation intensifies, Miss Hardcastle’s appreciation for her misguided suitor soars. Misdemeanours multiply, love blossoms, mayhem ensues.
One of the great, generous-hearted and ingenious comedies of the English language, Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer offers a celebration of chaos, courtship and the dysfunctional family.
National Theatre Live
She Stoops to Conquer will be broadcast to cinemas across the UK and around the world on 29 March 2012 as part of National Theatre Live. Find your nearest cinema and book.
Assisted performances
Audio-Described performance Sat 25 Feb at 2pm
(Touch Tour at 12.30pm)
Captioned performance Tue 27 Mar at 7.30pm
New performances at the National
Booking for performances from 3 April opens as follows:
Supporting Cast and Priority Members: now open
Advance Members: 8 Feb
NT News subscribers: 14 Feb
General public: 15 Feb
Top price (including Senior Citizen and Adult Group discounts) and U18s prices apply to performances from 3 April. Prices vary for performances before this date - please see individual performances for seating price information.
photo (Katherine Kelly and Cush Jumbo) by Oliver Prout
