Mar 03, 2016
160 min
Full-HD

National Theatre Live: Hangmen (2016)

In his small pub in the northern English town of Oldham, Harry is something of a local celebrity. But what's the second-best hangman in England to do on the day they've abolished hanging? Amongst the cub reporters and pub regulars dying to hear Harry's reaction to the news, his old assistant Syd and the peculiar Mooney lurk with very different motives for their visit.

Category

Comedy Drama

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

National Theatre

David Morrissey

Harry

Johnny Flynn

Mooney

Andy Nyman

Syd

Bronwyn James

Shirley

Sally Rogers

Alice

Craig Parkinson

Inspector Fry

Ryan Pope

Charlie

Simon Rouse

Arthur

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