Mystery play’s a sellout
From a Times staff writer
Talk about box office drawing power.
The play doesn’t open until Sept. 8. No one knows what it’s about. There isn’t even a title.
Yet all 16,000 tickets available for advance sale at London’s National Theatre have been sold, Britain’s Guardian newspaper reports.
What’s the draw? Writer-director Mike Leigh. It’s his first play in 12 years after turning out such films as “Vera Drake,” “Topsy-Turvy” and “Secrets & Lies.”
To enforce the secrecy, rehearsals aren’t even being held at the National.
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