National Theatre Live: The Beaux Stratagem

Synopsis

The ‘Beaux’: Mr Aimwell and Mr Archer, two charming, dissolute young men who have blown their fortunes in giddy London. Shamed and debt-ridden, they flee to provincial Lichfield. Their ‘Stratagem’: to marry for money. Lodged at the local inn, posing as master and servant, they encounter a teeming variety of human obstacles: a crooked landlord, a fearsome highwayman, a fervent French Count, a maid on the make, a drunken husband, a furious butler, a natural healer and a strange, turbulent priest. But their greatest obstacle is love. When the Beaux meet their match in Dorinda and Mrs Sullen they are most at risk, for in love they might be truly discovered.

Main Cast

Lloyd Hutchinson

Boniface

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Amy Morgan

Cherry

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Samuel Barnett

Aimwell

Age : 44 | Popularity : 7%

Geoffrey Streatfeild

Archer

Age : 49 | Popularity : 3%

Pippa Bennett-Warner

Dorinda

Age : 35 | Popularity : 6%

Susannah Fielding

Mrs. Sullen

Age : 38 | Popularity : 11%

Joplin Sibtain

Gibbet

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Pearce Quigley

Scrub

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Simon Godwin
Writing	Screenplay	George Farquhar
Department	Role	Name

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