National Theatre Live: The Wife of Willesden
A proper local legend. Married five times. Mother. Lover. Aunt. Friend. Alvita will tell her life story to anyone in the pub – there's no shame in her game. The question is: are you ready to hear it? Because this woman's got the gift of the gab: she can rewrite mistakes into triumphs, turn pain into parables, and her love life's an epic poem. They call her The Wife of Willesden... A play that celebrates the human knack for telling elaborate tales, especially about our own lives. Zadie Smith transports Chaucer's The Wife of Bath to 21st Century North West London, directed by Kiln Theatre Artistic Director, Indhu Rubasingh. A production from Kiln Theatre.
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A proper local legend. Married five times. Mother. Lover. Aunt. Friend. Alvita will tell her life story to anyone in the pub – there's no shame in her game. The question is: are you ready to hear it? Because this woman's got the gift of the gab: she can rewrite mistakes into triumphs, turn pain into parables, and her love life's an epic poem. They call her The Wife of Willesden... A play that celebrates the human knack for telling elaborate tales, especially about our own lives. Zadie Smith transports Chaucer's The Wife of Bath to 21st Century North West London, directed by Kiln Theatre Artistic Director, Indhu Rubasingh. A production from Kiln Theatre.
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Genre:Comedy
Written By:Geoffrey Chaucer
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Runtime:100 minutes
Studio:National Theatre, Kiln Theatre
Cast
Indhu Rubasingham
Director
Marcus Adolphy
Winston/Mandela/Black Jesus
George Eggay
Pastor/Eldridge
Andrew Frame
Ian/Socrates/Bartosz
Troy Glasgow
Darren/Young Maroon
Claudia Grant
Polly/Sophie
Nikita Johal
Asma/Kelly
Scott Miller
Ryan/Colin
Jessica Murrain
Author/Zaire/Queen Nanny
Clare Perkins
Alvita, The Wife of Willesden
Ellen Thomas
Aunty P/Old Wife
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