Kiss me deadly: Chiwetel Ejiofor in Everyman at the National Theatre – in pictures.

Exclusive: Take a first look at Carol Ann Duffy’s version of Everyman, directed by Rufus Norris, in which Chiwetel Ejiofor comes face to face with Death.

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  Everyman, the 15th-century morality tale, opens this week at the National Theatre in a new version by Carol Ann Duffy

  Photograph: Richard Hubert Smith

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  In the lead role, Chiwetel Ejiofor has returned to the National for the first time since he was Romeo and Peer Gynt in 2000

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  The show is directed by the National’s new artistic director, Rufus Norris. The set design is by Ian MacNeil, the costume design is by Nicky Gillibrand and the lighting design is by Paul Anderson.

  Photograph: Richard Hubert Smith

  
  

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  Everyman is one of several ‘reimagined classics’ in Norris’s first season

  Photograph: Richard Hubert Smith

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  Ejiofor as Everyman: he is a successful and popular man who is forced to abandon the life he knows and find someone to defend him against Death

  Photograph: Richard Hubert Smith

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  The movement direction in Everyman is by Javier de Frutos

  Photograph: Richard Hubert Smith

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  Everyman is at the National Theatre until 30 August with an NT Live broadcast to cinemas on 16 July

  Photograph: Richard Hubert Smith.

  
  

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