Graeme Somerville, Jordan Pettle, and Ben Carlson. Photo by Lorne Bridgman.
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The Lehman Trilogy

A Canadian Stage Production

Written by Stefano Massini

Adapted by Ben Power

Directed by Philip Akin

A family and a company that changed the world

On a cold September morning in 1844 a young man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside, dreaming of a new life in the new world. He is joined by his two brothers and an American epic begins.

163 years later, the firm they establish – Lehman Brothers – spectacularly collapses into bankruptcy and triggers one of the largest financial crises in history.

Featuring a cast of three playing the Lehman brothers, their sons and grandsons in an extraordinary feat of storytelling told in three parts on a single evening.

Genuinely epic... Behold it with wonder – The New York Times
Its theatricality is utterly astonishing – The Guardian

This production contains content which may be sensitive in nature, including the non-graphic depiction of a suicide, mention of suicide, and mention of death, war, and slavery. 


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The Lehman Trilogy is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. 

The Lehman Trilogy is generously underwritten by John & Nancy Embry

and by the William and Nona Heaslip Foundation

and by performance underwriters Greg Lemaich & Julie Sutherland.

The Lehman Trilogy is sponsored by Polar Asset Management

 

The Lehman Trilogy was first performed at the Royal National Theatre, London on 12th July, 2018.

The original Italian text of The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini was first published by Einaudi in 2014

The Last of the Imperious Rich: Lehman Brothers, 1844-2008 by Peter Chapman is a leading reference on the history of the Lehman family.

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