National Theatre Live: Everyman

Overview

Everyman is successful, popular and riding high when Death comes calling. He is forced to abandon the life he has built and embark on a last, frantic search to recruit a friend, anyone, to speak in his defence. But Death is close behind, and time is running out. One of the great primal, spiritual myths, Everyman asks whether it is only in death that we can understand our lives. A cornerstone of English drama since the 15th century, it now explodes onto the stage in a startling production with words by Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate, and movement by Javier De Frutos.

Cast

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Everyman

N/A

Stephen Aintree

Ensemble

Philip Martin Brown

Kindred (Father)

Paul Bullion

Fellowship/Senses & Wits (Sound)

Adam Burton

Goods / Fellowship/Senses & Wits (Passion)

N/A

Michelle Butterly

Kindred (Sister)

Dermot Crowley

Death

Sharon D. Clarke

Kindred (Mother)

Kate Duchêne

God / Good Deeds

Amy Griffiths

Goods / Fellowship/Senses & Wits (Vanity)

Nick Holder

Fellowship/Senses & Wit (Strength)

Nicholas Karimi

Fellowship/Senses & Wit (Smell)