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Democracy
by Michael Frayn
Performed
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The National Theatre, London
Opened at the Cottesloe Theatre
on 9th September 2003 |
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Pictures
from Democracy
(please click on each picture for a larger
version)
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Roger
Allam as Willy Brandt
with Paul Broughton (Ulrich Bauhaus),
Glyn Grain (Helmut Schmidt),
Conleth Hill (Günter Guillaume) and
David Ryall (Herbert Wehner) |
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| Roger
Allam as Willy Brandt |
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| Roger
as Willy Brandt |
Conleth
Hill as Günter Guillaume & Roger
as Willy Brandt |
Conleth
Hill as Günter Guillaume & Roger
as Willy Brandt |
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Rehearsal Photos
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Jonathan Coy
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Glyn Grain
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Christopher
Ettridge |
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David Ryall
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Nicholas Blane
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Michael Blakemore
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Conleth Hill,
Paul Broughton & Roger Allam
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Conleth Hill
& Roger Allam |
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Steven Pacey
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Roger Allam
| CAST: |
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| Günter
Guillaume |
Conleth
Hill |
| Arno
Kretschmann |
Steven
Pacey |
| Willy
Brandt |
Roger
Allam |
| Horst
Ehmke |
Jonathan
Coy |
| Reinhard
Wilke |
Paul
Gregory |
| Ulrich
Bauhaus |
Paul
Broughton |
| Herbert
Wehner |
David
Ryall |
| Helmut
Schmidt |
Glyn
Grain |
| Hans-Dietrich
Genscher |
Nicholas
Blane |
| Gunther
Nollau |
Christopher
Ettridge |
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| TECHNICAL
TEAM: |
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| Director |
Michael
Blakemore |
| Set
Designer |
Peter
J Davison |
| Costume
Designer |
Sue
Willmington |
| Lighting
Designer |
Mark
Henderson |
| Sound
Designer |
Neil
Alexander |
| Company
Voice Work |
Patsy
Rodenburg |
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| What's
This Play About? |
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| Willy
Brandt first became a national and international
celebrity in the 1950's, when he was Governing
Mayor of West Berlin, and led the city's
resistance to the efforts of the Soviet
Union to absorb it into the East German
state surrounding it. His greatest achievement,
though, was as Federal Chancellor in the
early 1970's, when he persuaded his fellow-country
men to accept a reconciliation with Germany's
former enemies in Eastern Europe. The
consequences of this reached far beyond
Germany. They changed the face of Europe,
and of the world, by making possible the
gradual scaling down of the Cold War -
and thereby, eventually, an event that
Brandt never foresaw: the collapse of
the entire Soviet empire. |
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