THE LAST OF THE HAUSSMANS...An NCPA-National Theatre Live (London) Presentation...
November 8, 2012 12:00:00 AM IST MTG editorial
The NCPA-National Theatre Live (London) collaboration presents the theatre screening of THE LAST OF THE HAUSSMANS. This eagerly-anticipated new play is a funny, touching and sometimes savage portrait of a family that's losing its grip. Anarchic, feisty but growing old, high society drop-out Judy Haussman remains in spirit with the Ashrams of the 1960s while holding court in her dilapidated Art Deco house on the Devon coast. After an operation, she's joined by wayward offspring Nick and Libby, sharp-eyed granddaughter Summer, local doctor Peter, and Daniel, a troubled teenager who makes use of the family's crumbling swimming pool. Together they share a few sweltering months in this chaotic world of all-day drinking, infatuations, long-held resentments, free love and failure.
Writer: Stephen Beresford Director: Howard Davies Cast: Julie Walters, Rory Kinnear, Helen McCrory, Matthew Marsh, and others