National Theatre Live: Yerma 6 years old

National Theatre Live: Yerma

The incredible Billie Piper (Penny Dreadful, Great Britain) returns in her Evening Standard Best Actress award-winning role. A young woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child in Simon Stone’s radical production of Lorca’s achingly powerful masterpiece. The unmissable theatre phenomenon sold out at the Young Vic and critics call it ‘an extraordinary theatrical triumph’ (The Times) and ‘stunning, searing, unmissable’ (Mail on Sunday). Billie Piper’s lead performance is described as ‘spellbinding’ (The Evening Standard), ‘astonishing’ (iNews) and ‘devastatingly powerful’ (The Daily Telegraph). Set in contemporary London, Piper’s portrayal of a woman in her thirties desperate to conceive builds with elemental force to a staggering, shocking, climax. Please note this broadcast does not have an interval.

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National Theatre Live: Yerma Cast

Name Character
Billie Piper She was 34, now 41 years old as Her
Charlotte Randle as Mary
Maureen Beattie She was 64, now 71 years old as Helen
Brendan Cowell He was 41, now 47 years old as John
John MacMillan He was 81, now 88 years old as Victor

National Theatre Live: Yerma Crew

Name Department
Simon Stone as Director. He was 33 (now 39) years old Directing
Federico García Lorca as Original Story. He was 119 (38) years old when He died Writing
National Theatre Live: Yerma poster
National Theatre Live: Yerma (6 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, August 31, 2017
  • Runtime: 120 minutes