Judi Dench and Samantha Bond in Amy's View at the NT
Amy's View by David Hare
Directed by Gordon House
Original music composed and played by Janet Davey
BBC Radio 3 - 23/01/2000
Length 2hrs
David Hare's award winning play first produced for the National Theatre in 1997.
Judi Dench and Samantha Bond reprise their National Theatre roles.
Plot[]
The play takes place in Berkshire near Pangbourne, and in London, from 1979 to 1995.
Over the course of these sixteen years, “a running argument about the respective virtues of traditional theater and the media arts weaves its way through espoused opinions on marriage, love, fame, fidelity, betrayal, personal and artistic integrity, and the sometimes elusive ethics of the corporate world, among other things.
Cast[]
- Esme.............................Judi Dench
- Amy..............................Samantha Bond
- Frank............................Ronald Pickup
- Dominic..........................Alexander Hanson
- Evelyn...........................Joyce Redman
- Toby.............................Christopher Kelham
- Narrator.........................John Rowe