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National Theatre Live: The Beaux Stratagem (2015)

The ‘Beaux’: Mr Aimwell and Mr Archer, two charming, dissolute young men who have blown their fortunes in giddy London. Shamed and debt-ridden, they flee to provincial Lichfield. Their ‘Stratagem’: to marry for money. Lodged at the local inn, posing as master and servant, they encounter a teeming variety of human obstacles: a crooked landlord, a fearsome highwayman, a fervent French Count, a maid on the make, a drunken husband, a furious butler, a natural healer and a strange, turbulent priest. But their greatest obstacle is love. When the Beaux meet their match in Dorinda and Mrs Sullen they are most at risk, for in love they might be truly discovered.

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Lloyd HutchinsonLloyd HutchinsonBoniface
  • Photo of Amy MorganAmy MorganCherry
  • Photo of Samuel BarnettSamuel BarnettAimwell
  • Photo of Geoffrey StreatfeildGeoffrey StreatfeildArcher
  • Photo of Pippa Bennett-WarnerPippa Bennett-WarnerDorinda
  • Photo of Susannah FieldingSusannah FieldingMrs. Sullen
  • Photo of Joplin SibtainJoplin SibtainGibbet
  • Photo of Pearce QuigleyPearce QuigleyScrub
  • Photo of Timothy WatsonTimothy WatsonCount Bellair
  • Photo of Jamie BeamishJamie BeamishFoigard

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