On William Shakespeare's 450th birthday, further casting has been announced for the forthcoming stage production of Shakespeare in Love. The show is produced by Disney and Sonia Friedman Productions.
Ian Bartholomew will play Tilney, Tony Bell will play Ralph, Anna Carteret will play Queen Elizabeth, Paul Chahidi will play Henslowe, David Ganley will play Burbage, Richard Howard will play Sir Robert De Lesseps, Harry Jardine will play Sam, Abigail McKern will play Nurse, David Oakes will play Marlowe, Patrick Osborne will play Mr Wabash, Alistair Petrie will play Wessex, Doug Rao will play Ned Alleyn, Ferdy Roberts will play Fennyman and Colin Ryan will play John Webster.
They are joined by an ensemble including Daisy Boulton, Ryan Donaldson, Janet Fullerlove, Sandy Murray, Timothy O'Hara, Thomas Padden, Elliott Rennie, Charlie Tighe and Tim Van Eyken who will also be the production's musical director. Gaiety will play Crab the dog.
They join the previously announced Tom Bateman as Will Shakespeare and Lucy Briggs-Owen as Viola De Lesseps.
Further casting is still to be announced.
Based on the Academy Award®-winning screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, Shakespeare in Love has been adapted for the stage by Lee Hall (Billy Elliot). Featuring a company of 30 actors and musicians, this new play will be directed by Declan Donnellan and designed by Nick Ormerod, the driving force behind the world-renowned theatre company, Cheek by Jowl.
Shakespeare in Love opens at the Noël Coward Theatre on Wednesday 23 July 2014 (previews from 2nd July).
Promising young playwright Will Shakespeare is tormented by writer's block until he finds his muse in the form of passionate noblewoman Viola De Lesseps. Their forbidden love draws many others, including Queen Elizabeth, into the drama and inspires Will to write the greatest love story of all time, Romeo and Juliet.
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