National Theatre Live: The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage

February. 17,2022      
Rating:
8.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Two young people and their dæmons, with everything at stake, find themselves at the centre of a terrifying manhunt. In their care is a tiny child called Lyra Belacqua, and in that child lies the fate of the future. And as the waters rise around them, powerful adversaries conspire for mastery of Dust: salvation to some, the source of infinite corruption to others.

Julie Atherton as  Hyena / Stelmaria (Asriel's Dæmon) / Sister Paulina
Holly Atkins as  Mrs Polstead / Sister Maria Therese / Witch
Wendy Mae Brown as  Mother Superior / Professor Cluny
Pip Carter as  Gerard Bonneville
Samuel Creasey as  Malcolm Polstead
Ella Dacres as  Alice Parslow
Ayesha Dharker as  Marisa Coulter
Olivia Le Andersen as  Asta (Malcolm's Dæmon)
Naomi Frederick as  Dr Hanna Relf
Richard James-Neale as  CCD / Drunk / Gold Monkey

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