National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
A passionate drama of love, family and endurance.
8.8
2022
2h 20m
DramaHistory
Overview
At the beginning of the 20th century, Leopoldstadt was the old, crowded Jewish quarter of Vienna, Austria. But Hermann Merz, a factory owner and baptised Jew now married to Catholic Gretl, has moved up in the world. We follow his family’s story across half a century, passing through the convulsions of war, revolution, impoverishment, annexation by Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. A company of 40 actors represent each generation of the family in this epic, but intimate play.
Director
Patrick Marber
Top Cast
Aidan McArdle
Hermann
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Faye Castelow
Gretl
Rhys Bailey
Young Nathan
Sebastian Armesto
Arty Froushan
Leo
Wesley Holloway
Young Leo
Joshua Satine
Jacob
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Aaron Shuf
Young Jacob
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Oliver Kohn
Young Leo
Mace Phoenix
Young Leo
