Timon of Athens - National Theatre
Show Details
| Running dates | from Jul 10 2012 to Sep 9 2012 |
| Theatre | National Theatre |
| Pro Average | |
| Peer Average | |
| My Rating | Review This Show |
| Cheapest ticket | £12 |
| Most expensive ticket | £32 |
| West End Whingers | Full Review | |
| Quentin Letts (Daily Mail) | Full Review | |
| Libby Purves (The Times) | Full Review | |
| What's on Stage (Other reviewers) | Full Review | |
| Fiona Mountford (Evening Standard) | Full Review | |
| Paul Taylor (The Independent) | Full Review | |
| Ian Shuttleworth (Financial Times) | Full Review | |
| Dominic Cavendish (The Telegraph) | Full Review | |
| Michael Billington (The Guardian) | Full Review | |
| Andrzej Lukowski (Time Out) | Full Review |
| Chris Walsh | ||
| Steven Rayner | ||
| Clare | ||
| The Red Queen | ||
| Cabe Franklin | A bravura performance by SR Beale in maybe the most depressing of Shakespeare's plays. The first half, showing a rich man's betrayal by his friends when they realize he's running out of cash, never flags and is made even more engaging by the modern staging, invoking bankers, Canary Wharf and mercenary hedge funds. The second half starts with Beale at the bottom: bitter, raving and hateful - and that is pretty much the whole second half. Perhaps worth seeing if you are trying to fill your Shakespeare punch card, or if you expect to be called away at the interval - otherwise, expect to feel like it was very hard work. | |
| Moloch |
Overview, Cast and Creatives
| Genre | Drama | |
| Synopsis | ||
Wealthy friend to the rich and powerful, patron of the arts, ostentatious host, Timon of Athens showers gifts and hospitality on the city’s elite. He vastly outspends his resources but, finding his coffers empty, reassures his loyal steward that all will be well. Methinks I could deal kingdoms to my friends, When he calls upon his erstwhile associates, instead of offering help, they hang him out to dry. After a final, vengeful banquet, Timon withdraws to a literal and emotional wasteland, living off roots and pouring ever more surreal curses on a morally bankrupt Athens. I am Misanthropos and hate mankind. Simon Russell Beale takes the title role in Shakespeare’s strange fable of conspicuous consumption, debt and ruin, written in collaboration with Thomas Middleton. |
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| Author | William Shakespeare | |
| Director | Nicholas Hytner | |
| Featured Actors/Actresses | Paul Bentall | |
| Martin Chamberlain | ||
| Jason Cheater | ||
| Stavros Demetraki | ||
| Jo Dockery | ||
| Paul Dodds | ||
| Lynette Edwards | ||
| Craige Els | ||
| Alfred Enoch | ||
| Deborah Findlay | ||
| Penny Layden | ||
| Olivia Llewellyn | ||
| Ciaran McMenamin | ||
| Hilton McRae | ||
| Tom Robertson | ||
| Simon Russell Beale | ||
| Nick Sampson | ||
| Tim Samuels | ||
| Michael Sheldon | ||
| Ross Waiton | ||
| Designer | Tim Hatley | |
| Lighting Designer | Bruno Poet | |
| Sound | Christopher Shutt | |