Man and Boy
- Feb 7th 2012 7:45 pm to Feb 11th 2012 7:45 pm
Man and Boy
By Terrence Rattigan
Directed by Mike Nower
7th February – 11th February 2012
Man and Boy is a study of a ruthless, sociopathic businessman: his inability to love and the impact of this on others (notably, his son and his wife). The central character was loosely based on the lives of two well known business moguls of the thirties, but the character’s resemblance to Robert Maxwell, or, more recently, Bernard Madoff, will resonate with modern audiences. It was revived in 2005 with David Suchet in the lead role. The play is set in a basement apartment in Greenwich Village, New York.
The action is continuous between 6.00pm and 8.30pm on a July night in 1934. It surrounds a well known financier of Rumanian extraction, Gregor Antonescu, and his estranged son, who has changed his name to Basil Anthony, and who lives in the apartment. Gregor arrives unexpectedly, apparently to take refuge from the press after a disastrous day on the stock exchange for his holding company. As the play unfolds it becomes clear that Gregor’s motives are less straightforward and we discover more about the relationship between Gregor and Basil, and the callous lengths to which Gregor will go to secure his crumbling empire.
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