National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy (2022)
Ralph Fiennes leads the cast in David Hare’s blazing account of the most powerful man in New York, a master manipulator whose legacy changed the city forever. For forty uninterrupted years, Robert Moses exploited those in office through a mix of charm and intimidation. Motivated at first by a determination to improve the lives of New York City’s workers, he created parks, bridges and 627 miles of expressway to connect the people to the great outdoors. Faced with resistance by protest groups campaigning for a very different idea of what the city should become, will the weakness of democracy be exposed in the face of his charismatic conviction?
Director: Nicholas Hytner
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Ralph Fiennes as Robert Moses |
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Alisha Bailey as Mariah Heller |
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Samuel Barnett as Ariel Porter |
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David Bromley as Stamford Fergus |
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Al Coppola as Sandy McQuade |
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Siobhán Cullen as Finnuala Connell |
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Ian Kirkby as Lewis Mason |
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Alana Maria as Shirley Hayes |
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Dani Moseley as Carol Amis |
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Guy Paul as Henry Vanderbilt |
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Helen Schlesinger as Jane Jacobs |
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Mary Stillwaggon Stewart as Nicole Savage |
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Danny Webb as Governer Al Smith |
| Directing | Nicholas Hytner | Director |
| Writing | David Hare | Writer |
