''Afterlife'' is a 2008
play by
Michael Frayn. It tells the life and career of Austrian theatrical director and actor
Max Reinhardt, from the revival of the
Salzburg Festival in 1920, which he helped to re-establish, until his death in
New York
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in 1943. It draws from
Hugo von Hofmannsthal's 1911 play
Jedermann (based on the sixteenth-century English
morality play,
Everyman), which Reinhardt directed at the Salzburg Festival for many years following its revival in 1920.
''Afterlife'' was first performed in the Lyttelton auditorium of the
National Theatre,
London, on 11 June 2008. The play polarized critics.
The
National Theatre production was directed by
Michael Blakemore
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. The cast included
Roger Allam as Max Reinhardt,
Abigail Cruttenden
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as his mistress (and, later, wife)
Helene Thimig,
Selina Griffiths as his personal assistant Gusti Adler,
Peter Forbes as his man of business, Rudolf 'Katie' Kommer, Glyn Grain as his valet Franz,
David Burke as the
Prince Archbishop of Salzburg, and
David Schofield as Friedrich Müller.
References
External links
* Afterlife (script and Frayn's postscript), Michael Frayn (2008), published by Methuen,
English plays
2008 plays
Biographical plays about actors
Cultural depictions of Austrian people
Cultural depictions of actors
Plays set in Austria
Plays based on other plays
Plays set in New York City
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