The Lehman Trilogy

The novel in verse that inspired the sensational West End and Off-Broadway play, The Lehman Trilogy is the story of a family and a company that changed the world.
On a cold September morning in 1844 a young man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside, dreaming of a new life in the new world. Sensing opportunity in the Deep South, he opens a textile shop in Alabama, and then he and his two brothers begin investing in anything and everything that will turn a profit, from cotton to coal to railroads to oil to airplanes.
163 years later, the Lehman Brothers firm spectacularly collapses into bankruptcy, and triggers the largest financial crisis in history.
Spanning three generations and 150 years, The Lehman Trilogy is a moving epic that tells the story of modern capitalism through the saga of the Lehman brothers and their descendants. Surprising and exciting, brilliant and inventive, Stefano Massini’s masterpiece – like Hamilton – is a story of immigration, ambition, and success. It is the story of America itself, from a daring and original perspective.
横跨近二百年延续子孙三代，《雷曼兄弟三部曲》讲述了改变世界的家族企业雷曼兄弟的传奇史诗。1844年九月的一个寒冷的早晨，一位来自巴伐利亚的年轻人站在纽约的码头边，梦想新世界的新生活。他的两个兄弟加入了他，一段美国奋斗史就此拉开序幕。163年后，他们建立的公司惨遭破产，并引发历史上最严重的金融危机……该剧原作由意大利人斯蒂法诺·马西尼创作，被翻译成11国语言并被搬上欧洲多个国家的舞台。
《雷曼兄弟三部曲》英语版由奥斯卡奖获奖导演萨姆·门德斯（电影《美国丽人》《007：大破天幕杀机》、戏剧《李尔王》《摆渡人》）执导，英国国家剧院联合艺术总监本·鲍尔翻译并操刀改编剧本，三位英国演技派代表——两度奥利弗奖得主西蒙·拉塞尔·比尔、托尼奖提名演员本·迈尔斯及亚当·戈德利玩转整个舞台，饰演全部角色。
该剧作为2018年英国国家剧院提早售罄的口碑新剧，2019年转西区再续火爆票房，喜提奥利弗奖最佳新剧、最佳话剧男主角等五项提名，给出五星好评的《卫报》盛赞：“无与伦比的夜晚，教科书般的演技”，同样打出五星的《泰晤士报》充分肯定了萨姆·门德斯导演的编排，交出了“戏剧最好的模样”。