The production, featuring three actors and one pianist, was directed by Sam Mendes and included the cast of Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and Ben Miles.
[7][8] The National Theatre's staging of the play transferred to the United States at the Park Avenue Armory, in New York City, from 22 March 2019 to 20 April 2019.
Adam Godley, Ben Miles, and Simon Russell Beale, who play the three title brothers, their sons, and grandsons, would reprise their performances.
[19] The production returned to London's West End at the Gillian Lynne Theatre for a limited season from 14 January to 20 May 2023, starring Nigel Lindsay, Michael Balogun and Hadley Fraser.
[20] An international tour began performances at The Theatre Royal, Sydney in February 2024, with a cast featuring Adrian Schiller, Aaron Krohn and Howard W. Overshown.
The production toured to San Francisco at the American Conservatory Theater in May and June 2024, with John Heffernan replacing Schiller, who died in April 2024.
[21] Mendes said: "The Lehman Trilogy was developed over three years without the constraint of a schedule, or even a plan — it was allowed time to find its form, and to build a wonderful team with which to make it.
We are indebted to the National Theatre and the Park Avenue Armory for their unstinting support throughout..."[9] The original play lasts for five hours[22] and Power has written it into a three-hour English version.
The understudies for the roles of Henry, Emanuel, and Mayer Lehman at the National Theatre were Leighton Pugh, Dominik Tiefenthaler, and Will Harrison-Wallace, respectively.
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