The False Servant
by Pierre Marivaux
in a new version by Martin Crimp

The National Theatre, London
June - Septembre 2004



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I may be your servant in the theatre, but in real life, sweetheart, you are my sex-slave. Just you remember.

Lust and avarice trample on the finer feelings of love in this subversive take on sexual manners and the cruelties of courtship. The man thinks that marriage is simply a matter of money and property. But just how far should the woman go to prove him wrong?

A world of darker meaning lies beneath the wit and verbal exuberance of Martin Crimp’s new version of Marivaux’s great comedy.

Director: Jonathan Kent
Designer: Paul Brown
Lighting Designer: Mark Henderson
Music: Jeremy Sams
Sound Designer: Rich Walsh

Cast:
Lelio : Anthony Calf
Servant : Michael Cantwell
The Chevalier : Nancy Carroll
Arlequin : David Collings
The Countess : Charlotte Rampling
Servant : William Rycroft
Trivelin : Adrian Scarborough
Frontin : David Shaw-Parker
Servant : Katherine Toy
Servant : Tam Ward