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'London, the present day. A woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child
'Written and directed by Simon Stone, this radical new version of Lorca's tragedy of yearning and loss won universal critical acclaim when it premiered at the Young Vic in 2016 and triumphed at the the 2017 Olivier Awards. ' (Production summary)
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Performed at the Young Vic in the South Bank area of London, 26 July - 31 August 2017.
Screened in cinemas nationwide with National Theatre Live on 31 August.
Direction Simon Stone
Design Lizzie Clachan
Costumes Alice Babidge
Light James Farncombe
Music & Sound Stefan Gregory
Video Jack Henry James
Casting Julia Horan CDG
With
Maureen Beattie, Brendan Cowell, John MacMillan, Billie Piper, Charlotte Randle, Thalissa Teixeira
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Billie Boils
2017
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— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 21-27 October 2017;'Billie Piper’s performance in Lorca’s tragedy Yerma caps a powerful production at the Young Vic for the ‘antipodean Orson Welles’, Simon Stone.'
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Billie Boils
2017
single work
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— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 21-27 October 2017;'Billie Piper’s performance in Lorca’s tragedy Yerma caps a powerful production at the Young Vic for the ‘antipodean Orson Welles’, Simon Stone.'
