
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
Comedy
Overview
Grace has agreed to marry Sir Harcourt in return for his financial support of her family. At a house party in her father's place, Harcourt's son Charles also falls in love with Grace. When his father appears on the scene, he has to convince him that there is a case of mistaken identity and he is somebody else. Then Lady Gay Spanker, a married woman also visiting at the house, is persuaded by Charles to seduce his father and thus divert his attention from Grace. Much confusion and scheming ensues. One of the first five episodes also released on terrestrial TV on a 2009 BBC TV series titled "National Theatre Live".
Top Cast


Paul Ready
Paul Ready
Charles Courtly
Paul Ready
Charles Courtly


Simon Russell Beale
Simon Russell Beale
Sir Harcourt Courtly
Simon Russell Beale
Sir Harcourt Courtly


Michelle Terry
Michelle Terry
Grace Harkaway
Michelle Terry
Grace Harkaway


Mark Addy
Mark Addy
Squire Max Harkaway
Mark Addy
Squire Max Harkaway


Fiona Shaw
Fiona Shaw
Lady Gay Spanker
Fiona Shaw
Lady Gay Spanker


Matt Cross
Matt Cross
Richard Dazzle
Matt Cross
Richard Dazzle


Richard Briers
Richard Briers
Mr. Adolphus Spanker
Richard Briers
Mr. Adolphus Spanker


Junix Inocian
Junix Inocian
Mr. Solomon Isaacs
Junix Inocian
Mr. Solomon Isaacs


Prasanna Puwanarajah
Prasanna Puwanarajah
Servant
Prasanna Puwanarajah
Servant


Nick Sampson
Nick Sampson
Cool
Nick Sampson
Cool
Similar Movies

The local social cricket team are up to bat and sometimes it seems they are one batsman short of of an eleven. There are good secrets and not so good secrets that come to light during the course of the day. Roger is the ultimate captain rallying his troops whilst ignoring his greatest strength, Miriam, who makes the 'fantastic' teas with or without the 'non-compulsory' help. The days builds to a climax where it seems that everything must change forever. But will it?

The first wedding night is a comical, witty play about a forty-year-old Montenegrin man from Durmitor, who absolutely does not want to get married. With the help of various vicissitudes and pressures, the family manages to marry him. Now it was time for the first wedding night in a crowded house.

Madrid, Spain, early thirties. The charming playboy Sergio Hernán is an unscrupulous womanizer who over the years has seduced and abandoned hundreds of women with the complicity of Oshidori, his cynical butler. However, his brief encounter with Elena Fortún, blonde, posh and a bit cheesy, unexpectedly leaves an indelible mark on his soul.

This powerfully bittersweet comedy follows the relationship that develops between nursing home residents Fonsia (Mary Tyler Moore) and Weller (Dick Van Dyke) during a series of gin games in which their ailments, misfortunes and losses are exposed in funny, honest and increasingly heated moments.

Fashionable sorority queen Elle Woods has it all, but, she wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But he dumps her before heading to Harvard Law School. Elle rallies all of her resources and gets into Harvard, determined to win him back. While there, she figures out that there is more to herself than just good looks.


















