War Horse ended a seven-year UK run on Saturday, marking what has been a global success. Matt Trueman looks back at the financial and social impact the show has had on the National Theatre.
After seven years in the West End here, “War Horse” is onto its final furlong. Just after 10 p.m. on Saturday, its equine star, Joey — that magnificent puppet – will gallop offstage at the New London Theater for the last time. Some 2.7 million people will have cheered him on there, but “War Horse” has been a global success, seen by nearly seven million worldwide. It has changed the National Theater, which opened it in 2007 — and arguably British theater as a whole — dramatically.
The concept still sounds unlikely: a World War I play starring a life-size puppet horse... Keep reading on The New York Times
After seven years in the West End here, “War Horse” is onto its final furlong. Just after 10 p.m. on Saturday, its equine star, Joey — that magnificent puppet – will gallop offstage at the New London Theater for the last time. Some 2.7 million people will have cheered him on there, but “War Horse” has been a global success, seen by nearly seven million worldwide. It has changed the National Theater, which opened it in 2007 — and arguably British theater as a whole — dramatically.
The concept still sounds unlikely: a World War I play starring a life-size puppet horse... Keep reading on The New York Times