The Last of the Haussmans - National Theatre
Show Details
| Running dates | from Jun 12 2012 to Sep 16 2012 |
| Theatre | National Theatre |
| Pro Average | |
| Peer Average | |
| My Rating | Review This Show |
| Cheapest ticket | £12 |
| Most expensive ticket | £47 |
| Dominic Cavendish (The Telegraph) | Full Review | |
| Quentin Letts (Daily Mail) | Full Review | |
| Libby Purves (The Times) | Full Review | |
| West End Whingers | Full Review | |
| Paul Taylor (The Independent) | Full Review | |
| Michael Coveney (What's on Stage, Independent) | Full Review | |
| Ian Shuttleworth (Financial Times) | Full Review | |
| Henry Hitchings (Evening Standard) | Full Review | |
| Michael Billington (The Guardian) | Full Review | |
| Andrzej Lukowski (Time Out) | Full Review |
| Chris Walsh | ||
| Clare | ||
| Donard | excellent acting and production; play OK | |
| Cabe Franklin | Engrossing from start to finish, and Rory Kinnear is as highly watchable as ever. (In NY he'd get a Best Supporting Actor for this; I can't speak as confidently about the Oliviers.) But, just as importantly, there is never a dull moment nor a clanging line in the script - it is all extremely believeable, and highly entertaining. It's the only play we made time for in the middle of Olympics rehearsals, and I'm glad we did! | |
| Great cast, very amusing play, though the last twenty minutes dragged.... |
Overview, Cast and Creatives
| Genre | Drama | |
| Synopsis | ||
Anarchic, feisty but growing old, high society drop-out Judy Haussman remains in spirit with the Ashrams of the 1960s while holding court in her dilapidated Art Deco house on the Devon coast. My baby’s home! Let’s wake ’em up! The old rebels, eh? Let’s show this younger generation what it’s all about! Shall we get naked? After an operation, she’s joined by wayward offspring Nick and Libby, sharp-eyed granddaughter Summer, local doctor Peter, and Daniel, a troubled teenager who makes use of the family’s crumbling swimming pool. Together they share a few sweltering months as they alternately cling to and flee this louche and chaotic world of all-day drinking, infatuations, long-held resentments, free love and failure. The only thing to be in life is a rebel. Stephen Beresford’s The Last of the Haussmans examines the fate of the revolutionary generation and offers a funny, touching and at times savage portrait of a family full of longing that’s losing its grip. This house. This summer. I feel as though I’ve been in a coma for the last god knows how many years. Honestly. And I’m now finally waking up. |
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| Author | Stephen Beresford | |
| Director | Howard Davies | |
| Featured Actors/Actresses | Taron Egerton | |
| Rory Kinnear | ||
| Isabella Laughland | ||
| Helen McCrory | ||
| Matthew Marsh | ||
| Julie Walters | ||
| Designer | Vicki Mortimer | |
| Lighting Designer | Mark Henderson | |
| Sound | Christopher Shutt | |
| Video/Animation | Jon Driscoll | |