National Theatre Live : A Small Family Business

Jun 12, 2014

2h 26m

★ 0.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

National Theatre

National Theatre Live : A Small Family Business Trailers

Cast

Jack McCracken

Nigel Lindsay

Desmond Ayres

Neal Barry

Cliff McCracken

Stephen Beckett

Tina

Abby Cassidy

Benedict Hough

Matthew Cottle

Harriet Ayres

Amy Marston

Rivetti brothers

Gerard Monaco

Samantha McCracken

Alice Sykes

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