National Theatre Live The Magistrate

Academy Award nominee and Tony Awardwinner John Lithgow Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Shrek 3rd Rock from the Sun takes the title role in Arthur Wing Pineros uproarious Victorian farce directed by Olivier Awardwinner Timothy Sheader Crazy for You and Into the Woods Regents Park Open Air Theatre London In a similar vein to the National Theatres smashhit classic comedies She Stoops to Conquer and London Assurance The Magistrate is sure to have audiences doubled up with laughter When amiable magistrate Posket John Lithgow marries Agatha Olivier Awardwinner Nancy Carroll After the Dance little does he realise shes dropped five years from her age and her sons When her deception looks set to be revealed it sparks a series of hilarious indignities and outrageous mishaps