National Theatre Live: Yerma

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synopsis

The incredible Billie Piper returns in her award-winning role. A young woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child in Simon Stone's radical production of Lorca's achingly powerful masterpiece. The unmissable theatre phenomenon sold out at the Young Vic and critics call it 'an extraordinary theatrical triumph' and 'stunning, searing, unmissable.' Billie Piper's lead performance is described as 'spellbinding' , 'astonishing' and 'devastatingly powerful.' Set in contemporary London, Piper's portrayal of a woman in her thirties desperate to conceive builds with elemental force to a staggering, shocking, climax. Please note that this broadcast does not have an interval.

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Program
2 hr. 0 min.
Opened September 21st, 2017

director

Simon Stone

writer

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synopsis

The incredible Billie Piper returns in her award-winning role. A young woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child in Simon Stone's radical production of Lorca's achingly powerful masterpiece. The unmissable theatre phenomenon sold out at the Young Vic and critics call it 'an extraordinary theatrical triumph' and 'stunning, searing, unmissable.' Billie Piper's lead performance is described as 'spellbinding' , 'astonishing' and 'devastatingly powerful.' Set in contemporary London, Piper's portrayal of a woman in her thirties desperate to conceive builds with elemental force to a staggering, shocking, climax. Please note that this broadcast does not have an interval.

details

Program
2 hr. 0 min.
Opened September 21st, 2017

director

Simon Stone

writer