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RialtoMelissa
07-10-2019, 11:30 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66vAn9prpS8

by Stefano Massini
adapted by Ben Power
directed by Sam Mendes
starring Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and Ben Miles
★★★★★ "What an astonishing evening! Engrossing play and an acting masterclass." - Guardian
★★★★★ "Theatre at its best. Sam Mendes triumphs." - Times
★★★★ "Spectacular saga magnificently performed by Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and Ben Miles. " - The Stage

The story of a family and a company that changed the world, told in three parts on a single evening.

Academy Award-winner Sam Mendes (Skyfall, The Ferryman) directs Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and Ben Miles who play the Lehman Brothers, their sons and grandsons.

On a cold September morning in 1844 a young man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside. Dreaming of a new life in the new world. He is joined by his two brothers and an American epic begins.

163 years later, the firm they establish - Lehman Brothers - spectacularly collapses into bankruptcy, and triggers the largest financial crisis in history.