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National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy

8.0

2022•2h 30m

Ralph Fiennes leads the cast in David Hare’s blazing account of the most powerful man in New York, a master manipulator whose legacy changed the city forever. For forty uninterrupted years, Robert Moses exploited those in office through a mix of charm and intimidation. Motivated at first by a determination to improve the lives of New York City’s workers, he created parks, bridges and 627 miles of expressway to connect the people to the great outdoors. Faced with resistance by protest groups campaigning for a very different idea of what the city should become, will the weakness of democracy be exposed in the face of his charismatic conviction?

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Cast

Photo of Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes

Robert Moses

Photo of Alisha Bailey

Alisha Bailey

Mariah Heller

Photo of Samuel Barnett

Samuel Barnett

Ariel Porter

Photo of David Bromley

David Bromley

Stamford Fergus

Photo of Siobhán Cullen

Siobhán Cullen

Finnuala Connell

Photo of Alana Maria

Alana Maria

Shirley Hayes

Photo of Dani Moseley

Dani Moseley

Carol Amis

Photo of Helen Schlesinger

Helen Schlesinger

Jane Jacobs

Photo of Danny Webb

Danny Webb

Governer Al Smith

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