Samuel Barnett was last at The Bridge in Allelujah! directed by Nicholas Hytner who has also directed him in His Dark Materials and The History Boys for the National Theatre and Broadway as well as the feature films The Lady in the Van and The History Boys. “Ralph Fiennes enthrals as the man who shaped New York” I hope you go out arguing about him.” – David Hare for The Daily Telegraph “What I love about this subject… Is that I’m not giving a handle to the audience, saying: this is the correct way to look at Robert Moses. “It’s a fascinating true story, and an intriguing parable about the nature of power and democracy” – Time Out But in the 1950s, groups of citizens at grass roots began to organize against his schemes and against the motor car, campaigning for a very different idea of what a city was and for what it should be. Motivated at first by a determination to improve the lives of New York City’s workers, he created new parks, new bridges and 627 miles of expressway to connect the people to the great outdoors. Though never elected to office, he manipulated those who were through a mix of guile, charm and intimidation. Ralph Fiennes stars in David Hare’s blazing account of the life of a man whose iron will exposed the weakness of democracy in the face of charismatic conviction.įor forty uninterrupted years, Robert Moses was the most powerful man in New York.

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