1/5 La Bete Joanna Lumley (The Princess), Mark Rylance (Valere), David Hyde Pierce (Elomire) 2/5 La Bete David Hyde Pierce (Elomire) and Mark Rylance (Valere) 3/5 La Bete Joanna Lumley (The Princess) 4/5 La Bete David Hyde Pierce (Elomire) Photo by Hugo Glendinning 5/5 La Bete Mark Rylance, Joanna Lumley, David Hyde Pierce
	Photos by Manuel Harlan, unless stated

5 Production photos from the London production of La Bete which opened on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre on 14 Oct 2010, following previews from 23 Sep 2010, and closed on 9 Jan 2011.

La Bete
Playwright: David Hirson
Director: Matthew Warchus
sunopsis: The story is about Elomire, a high-minded classical dramatist who loves only the theater, and Valere, a low-brow street clown who loves only himself. When the fickle princess decides she’s grown weary of Elomire’s royal theatre troupe, he and Valere are left fighting for survival as art squares off with ego in a literary showdown for the ages.
Cast: Mark Rylance, David Hyde Pierce, Joanna Lumley, Stephen Ouimette, Lisa Joyce, Greta Lee, Robert Lonsdale, Michael Milligan, Liza Sadovy, Sally Wingert, Deanne Lorette, and Steve Routman.