National Theatre Live : A Small Family Business

June. 12,2014      
Rating:
7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Alan Ayckbourn's riotous exposure of entrepreneurial greed returns to the National Theatre, where it premiered in 1987, winning the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play.

Nigel Lindsay as  Jack McCracken
Neal Barry as  Desmond Ayres
Abby Cassidy as  Tina
Matthew Cottle as  Benedict Hough
Amy Marston as  Harriet Ayres

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