National Theatre Live: The Wife of Willesden

Overview

A proper local legend. Married five times. Mother. Lover. Aunt. Friend. Alvita will tell her life story to anyone in the pub – there's no shame in her game. The question is: are you ready to hear it? Because this woman's got the gift of the gab: she can rewrite mistakes into triumphs, turn pain into parables, and her love life's an epic poem. They call her The Wife of Willesden... A play that celebrates the human knack for telling elaborate tales, especially about our own lives. Zadie Smith transports Chaucer's The Wife of Bath to 21st Century North West London, directed by Kiln Theatre Artistic Director, Indhu Rubasingh. A production from Kiln Theatre.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 14, 2022

Original language

English

Production

National Theatre,Kiln Theatre

Cast

Troy Glasgow,Clare Perkins,George Eggay,Jessica Murrain,Marcus Adolphy,Scott Miller,Nikita Johal,Ellen Thomas,Claudia Grant,Andrew Frame

Director

Indhu Rubasingham

Writer

Geoffrey Chaucer,Zadie Smith

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt42025344