Onassis

Published to coincide with a major new West End stage production, starring Robert Lindsay, Anna Francolini and Lydia Leonard, directed by Nancy Meckler. The production will run for six months, from Sept 2010 - Feb 2011. Martin Sherman is a leading UK playwright, whose 1979 play, Bent, was produced on Broadway and the West End and was nominated for a Tony Award in 1980. It was revived in London in 2006 and adapted into a film in 1997. The theatre dates are: Derby Playhouse 10 - 25 September 2010; Novello Theatre, London 30 September 2010 - 5 February 2011.

Onassis portrays the last years of the life of the wealthy shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, who after a notorious affair with Maria Callas, married Jacqueline Kennedy, widow of US President John F. Kennedy, in 1968.Onassis portrays the last years of the life of the wealthy shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, who after a notorious affair with Maria Callas, married Jacqueline Kennedy, widow of US President John F. Kennedy, in 1968. A millionaire at 25, he had become one of the world's richest men, but it was the glamour of the women in his life which brought him real fame, causing him to pursue personal vendettas and amassing empires on an international scale. Based in part on Peter Evans' book Nemesis, Onassis is an explosive account of one man's voracious appetite for sex, money and power. The play depicts Onassis' complex interwoven relationships with women and his family, as well as his long-running feud with the Kennedy family and the American establishment. With hints of Greek tragedy and hubris, it explores how those with great wealth and political influence live their lives detached from the moral code and realities of ordinary mortals. Onassis is a revised version of the play which, under its former title Aristo, opened to critical acclaim at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2008.