| Venue: | Olivier Theatre ![]() |
| Address: | South Bank, London SE1 9PX |
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| Opened: | 15-Jul-2010 |
| Booking until: | 22-Aug-2010 |
| Performance Times: | Matinees: Various dates 2pm and 2.30pm Evenings: Various dates 7.30pm |
| Running Time: | TBC |
| Genre: | Plays |
Dantons Death Theatre Tickets
Olivier Theatre South Bank, London SE1 9PX
1794: the French Revolution reaches its climax. After a series of bloody purges the life-loving, volatile Danton is tormented by his part in the killing. His political rival, the driven, ascetic Robespierre, decides Danton's fate. A titanic struggle begins. Once friends who wanted to change the world, now one stands for compromise the other for ideological purity as the guillotine awaits.
A revolutionary himself, George Büchner was 21 when he wrote the play in 1835, while hiding from the police. With its hair-raising on-rush of scenes and vivid dramatisation of complex, visionary characters, Danton's Death has a claim to be the greatest political tragedy ever written. Howard Brenton captures Büchner's exhilarating energy as Danton struggles to avoid his inexorable fall.
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