National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt

Overview

At the beginning of the 20th century, Leopoldstadt was the old, crowded Jewish quarter of Vienna, Austria. But Hermann Merz, a factory owner and baptised Jew now married to Catholic Gretl, has moved up in the world. We follow his family’s story across half a century, passing through the convulsions of war, revolution, impoverishment, annexation by Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. A company of 40 actors represent each generation of the family in this epic, but intimate play.

Cast

Aidan McArdle

Hermann

N/A

Faye Castelow

Gretl

Rhys Bailey

Young Nathan

Sebastian Armesto

Arty Froushan

Leo

Wesley Holloway

Young Leo

Joshua Satine

Jacob

N/A

Aaron Shuf

Young Jacob

N/A

Oliver Kohn

Young Leo

Mace Phoenix

Young Leo

Aaron Neil

Eleanor Wyld