National Theatre Live : A Small Family Business

National Theatre Live : A Small Family Business

2014•2h 26m

ComedyCrime

Alan Ayckbourn's riotous exposure of entrepreneurial greed returns to the National Theatre, where it premiered in 1987, winning the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play.

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National Theatre

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Nigel Lindsay

Nigel Lindsay

Jack McCracken

Neal Barry

Neal Barry

Desmond Ayres

Stephen Beckett

Cliff McCracken

Abby Cassidy

Abby Cassidy

Tina

Matthew Cottle

Matthew Cottle

Benedict Hough

Amy Marston

Amy Marston

Harriet Ayres

Gerard Monaco

Gerard Monaco

Rivetti brothers

Alice Sykes

Samantha McCracken

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