La Bete
Mr. Rylance delivers a comic performance of such polished crudeness that it easily ranks with his Tony-winning tour-de-farce of two years ago
Ben Brantley, New York Times
Why see La Bete?
American playwright David Hirson's rollicking 1991 play, La Bête, is a comic tour de force about Elomire (David Hyde Pierce), a high-minded classical dramatist who loves only the theatre, and Valere (Mark Rylance), a low-brow street clown who loves only himself.
When the fickle princess (Joanna Lumley) decides she’s grown weary of Elomire's royal theatre troupe, he and Valere are left fighting for survival as art squares off with ego in a literary showdown for the ages.
La Bête will star Tony and Olivier Award winner Mark Rylance (Jerusalem, Boeing-Boeing), Tony and Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce (Dr Niles Crane in Frasier) and BAFTA Award winner Joanna Lumley (Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous) and will be directed by the multi award-winning Matthew Warchus (The Norman Conquests, God of Carnage, Boeing-Boeing).
Dates
Previews from 23rd September 2010
Opening night 14th October 2010
Closes: 9th January 2011
Audience: La Bête is suitable for audiences aged 12 and upwards
Run time : One hour and 45 minutes with no intermission
Show Schedule
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
| Matinee | - | - | 2:00 | - | - | 2:00 | 3:00 |
| Evening | - | 7:00 | 8:00 | 8:00 | 8:00 | 8:00 | - |
Christmas & New Year Schedule
December 24th – No performance
December 25th – 8pm performance only (no matinee)
December 26th – 3pm & additional 7:30 pm performance
December 31st – No performance
January 2nd - 3pm & additional 7:30 pm performance
Reviews
Customer reviews
15 reviews, average rating: (3.7 Stars)
montdorr
Tour de Force!
Absolutely brilliant on all levels. I haven't laughed so hard in I don't
know when. Rylance, Pierce, Ouimette, et al are fantastic.
Direction, sets, lights, sound all in accord and fueled the
performances. A real treat not to me missed! ... Read more
Linda
It's funnier than you ever imagined it could be!
Please see this show, if for no other reason than to witness the astonishing talents of Mark Rylance one more time! The monologue is long - yes! Stick with it; you'll enjoy it. What a privilege to have seen this show - we traveled from Minneapolis specifically to see it and couldn't be more satisfied! ... Read more
carol gunter
carolg
Saw it in London and was absolutely entranced by the acting and the play itself. I hope that New York loves it as much as we did. ... Read more
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