A Jewish village discovers cinema and chaos ensues — plus there's a goat.
In a remote village in Eastern Europe, around 1900, the young Motl Mendl is entranced by the flickering silent images on his father's cinematograph.
Acting
Antony Sher dominates as Jacob — equal parts huckster and heart.
Direction
Hytner's staging makes cinema history feel intimate and alive.
Writing
Stoppard's wit sparkles through every anachronistic aside.
Director
Robin Lough
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Stoppard drew from his own Czech-Jewish heritage; the shtetl setting deliberately evokes a world already vanished by 1900.
The 'Travelling Light' title triples as cinema reference, Jewish diaspora metaphor, AND Jacob's dying instruction—Stoppard never wastes a word.
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