Enjoying the show? Then please put away your cellphone.
That was the message delivered by Cate Blachett from the London stage of National Theatre’s Lyttelton Theatre after the curtain call of Electra/Persona, the new play written and directed by Benedict Andrews that combines the Sophocles tragedy Electra with Ingmar Bergman’s Persona.
Still in her stage costume of a black t-shirt and baggy black trousers, Blanchett, who stars opposite Nina Hoss in the play, spoke in a heartfelt and calm manner directly to the audience in an address that has been widely shared on social media. (Watch it below.)
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