It then transferred to the Duchess Theatre in the West End, where it opened on 22 July. Natalie Wood received an Academy Award nomination for her touching and memorable performance. "Alfie" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David in 1965. Instead we get lots of furniture lugged around on stage, and a script that, like Alfie, feels like a bit of dinosaur. David Thacker's revival of Bill Naughton's meandering and episodic account of that 1960s Casanova, Alfie Elkins, is just the latest in line – Michael Caine made his name in the 1966 movie version, and Jude Law has also tried his luck on celluloid with the role. Two of Hollywood's all-time favorite stars heat up the steamy streets of Manhattan in this tough and tender romance. Eligible if purchased with select payment methods. Buy Alfie: A Play by Naughton, Bill (ISBN: 9780573010088) from Amazon's Book Store. [2][3] The play was adapted into a film twice, a 1966 version starring Michael Caine and a 2004 version starring Jude Law.[4]. Rentals are not eligible.
Martin Lawrence stars as polished seducer Darnell Wright, a hopeless, smooth-talking lady's man and chauvinist--who doesn't take no for an answer--and Lynn Whitfield stars as Brandi Web, the self-assured, knockout beauty who says "no" in this stylish blend of comedy, suspense, hip-hop night life and morning-after revelations. He also rarely gets emotionally involved with them. He has a series of reversals in which his health is threatened, he has a child who is adopted by another man, gets a married woman pregnant and must procure an abortion for her, and when he decides to settle down is rejected for a younger man. As two and a half hours turn to almost three, you start to wonder. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies.
He also rarely gets emotionally involved with them. Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen star as a charming, footloose musician and the innocent Macy's salesgirl who is carrying his child. So obvious, in fact, that it begins to feel like a morality play, albeit one in which the (anti)hero addresses the audience directly to explain his philosophy of life. First published on Fri 27 Jan 2012 18.26 GMT. With Jude Law, Sienna Miller, Susan Sarandon, Renée Taylor. But for that approach to work, the play would have to be liberated from its naturalistic prison and more strongly pointed as a study of masculinity in crisis. David Ricardo-Pearce's decision to play Alfie as less the Jack-the-lad charmer, more an Everyman in the grip of a growing existential crisis, is the right one. Of course it's obvious that Alfie, despite his endless stream of casual sexual conquests, is the real loser: opportunities for fatherhood and stable relationships pass him by, the consequences of his actions pile up, and mortality and age touch him on the shoulder. Alfie Written byBill Naughton CharactersAlfie Elkins Date premiered1963 Original languageEnglish GenreDrama, comedy SettingIn and around South London of the present day Alfie is a 1963 play written by Bill Naughton. Alfie is a 1963 play written by Bill Naughton. What's it all about, Alfie? "Alfie" would not become …
Martin Lawrence stars as polished seducer Darnell Wright, a hopeless, smooth-talking lady's man and chauvinist--who doesn't take no for an answer--and Lynn Whitfield stars as Brandi Web, the self-assured, knockout beauty who says "no" in this stylish blend of comedy, suspense, hip-hop night life and morning-after revelations. He also rarely gets emotionally involved with them. He has a series of reversals in which his health is threatened, he has a child who is adopted by another man, gets a married woman pregnant and must procure an abortion for her, and when he decides to settle down is rejected for a younger man. As two and a half hours turn to almost three, you start to wonder. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies.
He also rarely gets emotionally involved with them. Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen star as a charming, footloose musician and the innocent Macy's salesgirl who is carrying his child. So obvious, in fact, that it begins to feel like a morality play, albeit one in which the (anti)hero addresses the audience directly to explain his philosophy of life. First published on Fri 27 Jan 2012 18.26 GMT. With Jude Law, Sienna Miller, Susan Sarandon, Renée Taylor. But for that approach to work, the play would have to be liberated from its naturalistic prison and more strongly pointed as a study of masculinity in crisis. David Ricardo-Pearce's decision to play Alfie as less the Jack-the-lad charmer, more an Everyman in the grip of a growing existential crisis, is the right one. Of course it's obvious that Alfie, despite his endless stream of casual sexual conquests, is the real loser: opportunities for fatherhood and stable relationships pass him by, the consequences of his actions pile up, and mortality and age touch him on the shoulder. Alfie Written byBill Naughton CharactersAlfie Elkins Date premiered1963 Original languageEnglish GenreDrama, comedy SettingIn and around South London of the present day Alfie is a 1963 play written by Bill Naughton. Alfie is a 1963 play written by Bill Naughton. What's it all about, Alfie? "Alfie" would not become …