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The Man of Mode
by George Etherege
Mail on Sunday George Etherege's glittering masterwork of Restoration Comedy is set in a London obsessed with having it all, and takes a steely look at young people driven by the need to have the latest clothes, the latest gossip and each other's bodies. Constancy at my age! It is not a virtue in season: you might as well expect the autumn fruit to ripen in the spring. Dorimant, who can generally charm any woman in town back to his apartment, can't persuade Belinda into his bed until he's promised to dump Loveit, his current mistress. Mission accomplished, he turns his sights on Harriet, who is rich enough to solve his financial problems but smart enough not to play his game. 'Cracking new production... a story of fortune hunting, rampant promiscuity, betrayal and vicious gossip. The old comedy sparkles, and shocks, anew.'
Daily Telegraph Now playing. Captioned performance
Thursday 8 March 7.30pm
Cast credits:
Harriet : Amber Agar
Foggy Nan : Sarah Annis
Belinda : Hayley Atwell
Ensemble : Ralph Birtwell
Ensemble : Jamie Bradley
Mrs. Loveit : Nancy Carroll
Medley : Bertie Carvel
Ensemble : Peter Caulfield
Mr Smirk : Neil D'Souza
Ensemble : Meryl Fernandes
Emilia : Abby Ford
Handy : Thomas Goodridge
Dorimant : Tom Hardy
Ensemble : Sheena Irving
Lady Woodvill : Indira Joshi
Lady Townley : Shelley King
Sir Fopling Flutter : Rory Kinnear
Ensemble : Tim Lewis
Busy : Sharon Maharaj
Pert : Penny Ryder
Young Bellair : Amit Shah
Old Bellair : Madhav Sharma
Ensemble : Lorraine Stewart
Ensemble : Mark Tintner
Shop Assistant : Lizzie Winkler
Production credits:
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Designer: Vicki Mortimer
Lighting Designer: Neil Austin
Music: Grant Olding
Sound Designer: Paul Groothuis
Choreographer: David Bolger
photo (Tom Hardy) by Hugo Glendinning
The Man of Mode finished on: 19 April 2007
