From left, Hadley Fraser, Nigel Lindsay and Michael Balogun in The Lehman Trilogy
(Picture: Photo by Mark Douet)In this chewy theatrical epic, three versatile character actors unpack 160 years of American capitalism through the story of a family firm founded by Jewish immigrants.
Lehman Brothers started as a general store in Alabama in 1844 and became the fourth largest investment bank in the US before collapsing in the 2008 financial crisis. The image of sacked workers carrying their possessions out of Wall Street and Canary Wharf in cardboard boxes was a defining image of the time.
