National Theatre Live: The Beaux' Stratagem
The 'Beaux': Mr Aimwell and Mr Archer, two charming, dissolute young men who have blown their fortunes in giddy London. Shamed and debt-ridden, they flee to provincial Lichfield. Their 'Stratagem': to marry for money. Lodged at the local inn, posing as master and servant, they encounter a teeming variety of human obstacles: a crooked landlord, a fearsome highwayman, a fervent French Count, a maid on the make, a drunken husband, a furious butler, a natural healer and a strange, turbulent priest. But their greatest obstacle is love. When the Beaux' meet their match in Dorinda and Mrs Sullen they are most at risk, for in love they might be truly discovered.
Cast
Lloyd Hutchinson
as Boniface
Amy Morgan
as Cherry
Samuel Barnett
as Aimwell
Geoffrey Streatfeild
as Archer
Pippa Bennett-Warner
as Dorinda
Susannah Fielding
as Mrs. Sullen
Joplin Sibtain
as Gibbet
Pearce Quigley
as Scrub
Timothy Watson
as Count Bellair
Jamie Beamish
as Foigard
