MAN AND BOY

The clarity of Rattigan’s writing, his wounded observation of how the world can be corrupted when men use power for profit and without concern for women, children or really anyone else around them, still sounds like a clarion call. Man and Boy..makes it clear how much more loudly he still speaks than many playwrights who succeeded him.”

What’s On Stage

Most recently revived at the National Theatre in 2026 starring Ben Daniels, this play premiered in 1963 and transferred to the Queen’s Theatre, London, followed by performances on Broadway.  It was revived by Maria Aitken in 2005 at the Duchess Theatre, London to great acclaim with David Suchet in the lead role, which led to a further production on Broadway in 2011.

At the height of the Great Depression, ruthless, sociopathic financier Gregor Antonescu’s business is dangerously close to collapse. In order to escape the wolves at his door, Gregor tracks down his estranged son Basil in the hopes of using his Greenwich Village apartment as a base to make a company-saving deal. Can this reunion help them reconcile? Or will this corrupt father, who has an inability to love, manipulate and use his only son as a pawn in one last power play? 

A compelling story about ‘power corrupting absolutely’, highlighting the consequences of no moral compass and the willingness to sacrifice anything for success.

Rattigan’s play is as fresh, relevant and contemporary as the period in which he wrote it, as we witness all around us the shocking revelations and ultimate fall of those who misuse power.

This amateur production of MAN AND BOY is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French, Ltd.

www.concordtheatricals.co.uk