Business Daily   /     Putting a financial crash on stage

Description

We explore the ongoing fascination of the Lehman Brothers story.A play - The Lehman Trilogy - is currently being shown in London to five-star reviews.It documents the rise and fall of the financial services firm, which filed for bankruptcy in 2008 - the largest insolvency in history, and considered a defining moment in the global financial crisis. The play has been seen by half a million theatregoers globally - and now Business Daily has been to watch it too. We speak to the cast, adapting playwright, and the audience about the story's appeal. Produced and presented by Elizabeth Hotson(Image: Howard W. Overshown performs the role of Emanuel Lehman during a media preview of The Lehman Trilogy at the Theatre Royal, Sydney, in February 2024)

Subtitle
We explore the ongoing fascination of the Lehman Brothers story
Duration
1051
Publishing date
2024-12-19 00:01
Link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5zd0
Contributors
  BBC World Service
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Enclosures
http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss-low/proto/http/vpid/p0kcjzf9.mp3
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