National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
19/07/2024
3h

When a golden wedding anniversary reunites the Randolph family on the eve of WWII, Dora and Charles must reckon with the adults their children have become. Their children, meanwhile, are haunted by the memory of the family they once were. As the weekend’s celebrations unfold, the family walks a tightrope between intimacy and estrangement, camaraderie and rivalry, love and hate. Heartbreaking and joyful, this captivating revival of Dodie Smith’s play is a moving dissection of family and what it means to grow up and return home.
Cast


Bessie Carter
Fenny


Pandora Colin
Edna


Bethan Cullinane
Cynthia


Lindsay Duncan
Dora


Kate Fahy
Belle


Tom Glenister
Hugh
Jo Herbert
Hilda


Billy Howle
Nicholas
Molly Jin
Kathleen‘Scrap’ Kenton
Syakira Moeladi
Laurel


Amy Morgan
Margery
Celia Nelson
Nanny Patching
Dharmesh Patel
Kenneth


Ashwin Sakthivel
Bill


Malcolm Sinclair
Charles
Asha Sthanakiya
Flouncey
Natalie Thomas
Gertrude, the parlourmaid
John Vernon
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