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Dec 2024
17m 31s

Putting a financial crash on stage

Bbc World Service
About this episode

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)

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