Some random resources about
Coast of Utopia, coming right up. Most relate to the 2002 production but give some idea about the story and style.
Edit again: scratch the
NYT,
Variety has more details about the who-plays-what:
In Utopia, O'Byrne will play the mid-19th century Russia radical theorist and editor, Alexander Herzen.
Stephen Dillane essayed the part in London. Crudup will play literary critic Vissarion Belinsky. Hawke is the aristocrat-turned-anarchist Michael Bakunin and Hamilton will be the poet Nicholas Ogarev. Easton, Ehle, Harbour and Plimpton will be featured in multiple roles throughout the three-part work.
BBC's brief synopsis of the trilogy
Playbill has pages for all three parts up: Voyage, Shipwreck and Salvage
Complete Review collates reviews from the 2002 production of Voyage, Shipwreck and Salvage. Also, t2k reviews the whole trilogy.
The National Theatre's site with a list of some characters; Auditions.com has descriptions of some of the roles. Let the speculation begin!
Tom Stoppard writes about the trilogy in The Guardian
Various news articles about this production
Multiple roles? She'll be playing more than one role? I was hoping she was going to play opposite Ethan Hawke or Billy Crudip.
ReplyDeleteWell there are 3 plays, so maybe she'll do a role in each.
ReplyDeleteI'm putting my money on Natalie Herzen - look at this description:
"Natalie Herzen: 30’s. Alexander’s wife. An independent woman, free-thinking and romantic, optimistic, warm, down to earth, emotionally present and full of feeling."
Am plucking this out of the air and will be proven wrong no doubt.