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National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove (2025)
Directed by Sean Foley
“OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB.”
Comedy, War · 2h 05m
Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove. This explosively funny satire, about a rogue U.S General who triggers a nuclear attack. Based on the motion picture directed by Stanley Kubrick, screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern and Peter George, based on the book 'Red Alert' by Peter George.
Cast
Steve Coogan
Dr Strangelove/Captain Mandrake/President Muffley/Major TJ Kong
Giles Terera
General Buck Turgidson
John Hopkins
General Jack D. Ripper
Oliver Alvin-Wilson
Jefferson
P
Penny Ashmore
Vera Lynn
Ben Deery
General Staines
R
Richard Dempsey
Frank
Mark Hadfield
Faceman
Tony Jayawardena
Russian Ambassador Bakov
T
Tom Kelsey
Ensemble
D
Daniel Norford
Ensemble
D
Dharmesh Patel
Lincoln
Crew
- Director
- Sean Foley
- Screenplay
- Armando Iannucci, Sean Foley
- Novel
- Peter George
- Producer
- Patrick Myles, David Luff
Details
- Release date
- 2025-03-27
- Runtime
- 2h 05m
- Genres
- Comedy, War
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- National Theatre