National Theatre Live: The Magistrate 11 years old

Academy Award nominee and Tony Award-winner John Lithgow (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Shrek, 3rd Rock from the Sun) takes the title role in Arthur Wing Pinero’s uproarious Victorian farce, directed by Olivier Award-winner Timothy Sheader (Crazy for You and Into the Woods, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London). In a similar vein to the National Theatre’s smash-hit classic comedies, She Stoops to Conquer and London Assurance, The Magistrate is sure to have audiences doubled up with laughter. When amiable magistrate Posket (John Lithgow) marries Agatha (Olivier Award-winner Nancy Carroll, After the Dance), little does he realise she’s dropped five years from her age – and her son’s. When her deception looks set to be revealed, it sparks a series of hilarious indignities and outrageous mishaps.

Credits

Christina Cole as Charlotte

John Lithgow as Posket

Nicholas Burns as Captain Horace Vale

Jonathan Coy as Colonel Lukyn

Nicholas Blane as Mr. Bullamy

Nancy Carroll as Agatha

National Theatre Live: The Magistrate Cast

Name	Character
Christina Cole She was 30, now 42 years old	as Charlotte
John Lithgow He was 67, now 79 years old	as Posket
Nicholas Burns He was 36, now 47 years old	as Captain Horace Vale
Jonathan Coy He was 59, now 71 years old	as Colonel Lukyn
Nicholas Blane He was 13, now 24 years old	as Mr. Bullamy
Nancy Carroll She was 109, 61 years old when she died	as Agatha

National Theatre Live: The Magistrate Crew

Name	Department
Arthur Wing Pinero as Writer. He was 157 (79) years old when He died	Writing

National Theatre Live: The Magistrate poster

National Theatre Live: The Magistrate (11 years)

Release day: Thursday, January 17, 2013
Runtime: 152 minutes