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True West
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Narrado por:
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Kit Harington
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Johnny Flynn
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De:
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Sam Shepard
Kit Harington (Games of Thrones) and Johnny Flynn (Beast) smolder and burn as sparring brothers in Sam Shepard’s darkly comic 1980 drama. The Cain and Abel conflict is a showdown of sibling rivalry, to be sure, but also bears witness to a legacy of booze-fueled family brawls. As Harington and Flynn duel it out, they bring a cagey, wiry energy to director Matthew Dunster’s West End revival of this Pulitzer Prize finalist. The portrait of the estranged pair is a riveting study in contrasts as Harington’s successful screenwriter and Flynn’s scheming grifter explosively collide in the California desert. The scorched, arid setting is more than just a backdrop; its expanse and emptiness make it a palpable presence in a play about wounded masculinity and broken dreams.
The live theatre production of True West was performed at the Vaudeville Theatre in London, United Kingdom, in 2019. It was produced by Joseph Smith and John Brant for Smith & Brant Theatricals and James Bierman for Empire Street Productions.
Portions of this audio drama contain mature language and themes. Listener discretion is advised.
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Everything—and nothing—but the truth
This darkly comic and tragically ironic play focuses on the relationship between two seemingly opposite siblings, Austin and Lee—cunningly portrayed by Kit Harrington and Johnny Flynn—as they spar verbally and physically over several days and nights. While they dance around the truths they try so hard to hide, the feelings they can't conceal involuntarily emerge, until the nature of their relationship is revealed to be far more complicated—and simple—than expected.
About the Performer
While still a student at London's Central School of Speech and Drama, Kit Harington was cast as Albert in the smash production of War Horse, performing the lead role at the National Theatre and and the New London Theatre, now known as the Gillian Lynne Theatre, in the West End. In 2011, he landed the breakthrough role of Jon Snow in HBO's Game of Thrones. The wildly popular fantasy series, which won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series in 2018, would bring him his first Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, as well as nominations for several Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Ensemble in a Drama. He has continued to perform in television, on film, and on the London stage, most notably as the title role in Dr. Faustus and Austin in True West, and on television and film. Kit's film credits include Testament of Youth, Spooks: The Greater Good, 7 Days in Hell, and How to Train Your Dragon 2 and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (as the voice of Eret).
About the Performer
Johnny Flynn is an actor, composer, and songwriter who has worked extensively across film, television, and theater. His film credits include Beast, Love Is Thicker Than Water, Clouds of Sils Maria, and Song One. On the stage, he has starred in Martin McDonagh’s hit Hangmen (both the West End and New York productions), Jerusalem (for which he received an Olivier Award nomination), The Low Road, Richard III, and Twelfth Night. On television, he has appeared in Vanity Fair, Genius: Einstein, Lovesick, Brotherhood, The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells, and Detectorists. He has released five albums to date with his band Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit.
About the Playwright
Sam Shepard’s first New York plays, Cowboys and The Rock Garden, were produced by Theatre Genesis in 1964. For several seasons, he worked with Off-Off-Broadway theater groups including La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club and Caffe Cino. Eleven of his plays won Obie Awards, including Chicago, The Tooth of Crime, and Curse of the Starving Class. Other award-winning plays include Fool for Love, True West, A Lie of the Mind, and Buried Child, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1979. In 1986, Shepard was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters and received the Gold Medal for Drama from the Academy in 1992. He was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame two years later. As a writer and director, he filmed Far North and Silent Tongue. As an actor, he appeared in numerous films, including The Right Stuff, Days of Heaven, and Resurrection. His final works of prose, The One Inside and Spy of the First Person, were published in 2017, the year of his death.
Photograph by Brigitte Lacombe.
About the Director
Matthew Dunster is an Olivier-nominated director, playwright, and actor. He has directed more than 20 productions in the UK, including Martin McDonagh’s A Very Very Very Dark Matter at the Bridge Theatre, Love’s Sacrifice for the Royal Shakespeare Company, and The Seagull for Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. He served as the Associate Director of Shakespeare’s Globe from 2015 to 2017 and the Associate Director of the Young Vic Theatre from 2005 to 2009. He was nominated twice for the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre—once in 2006 for Dennis Kelly’s Love and Money, and then again in 2012 for his production of Vivienne Franzmann’s Mogadishu. His third Olivier nomination for Best Director came in 2016, for his production of Martin McDonagh’s critically acclaimed play, Hangmen. Dunster’s writing credits include Children’s Children, You Can See the Hills, and his reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Most Incredible Thing, a collaboration with the Pet Shop Boys and choreographer Javier De Frutos.
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Overall great performance, Story a bit stale
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To me, so much of the piece seems rushed in a a way that two actors are just spouting lines at each other, but not really taking in what either person is saying. Maybe, too, it's because the two actors are not American that they fail to really capture these two quintessentially American characters.
What I felt was missing most was any sort of nuance or subtext. The whole thing felt very surface-y to me without really digging into who these two guys are and what is beneath their relationship. Again, I think this was probably a directorial error since all four performers in this production were guilty of the same failing.
Sad. I thought it would be so much better.
Disappointing Result from 2 Great Actors
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As for the story.... there's no story actually. The whole thing is just 30s of story and that's it
I thought it would be better
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The transition music was awesome. I would have to say that it was the most memorable part of this audio version of Sam Shepard's play.
Probably better on stage.
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Two Brits perform a Sam Shepard play
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