Marking his last time on The Old Vic stage whilst Artistic Director, Kevin Spacey, returns to the iconic role of Clarence Darrow following his sell-out and critically acclaimed run of 22 performances in 2014. Clarence Darrow previews from tonight 3 March for six weeks only until 11 April.
In Rintels' compelling one man play, the larger than life Darrow with his legendary wit relives some of his pivotal experiences, including the infamous Scopes 'Monkey' and 'Thrill Killers' trials which established his reputation as a courtroom giant and civil rights hero. Kevin Spacey's performance was widely praised as a tour de force, and this production is back having only run for just over two weeks in 2014.Kevin Spacey said "As my time at the helm of The Old Vic is drawing to a close, it felt the right choice to bring back Clarence Darrow. I had such a short run with the production last year and so many didn't get the chance to see it, that it felt like a great opportunity to do a longer run. Clarence Darrow is a role I've gotten to play three different times - in a 1992 film about his life, as the lawyer Drummond in Inherit the Wind and finally in the marvellous David Rintel's one-man play, Clarence Darrow, last year. Perhaps it is true what they say, if you do something long enough you just might get good at it. I look forward to sharing Darrow's remarkable, inspiring life one more time in London, as we build toward the excitement of Matthew Warchus taking on the role of Artistic Director at our beloved Old Vic."Kevin Spacey has previously appeared in The Old Vic's productions Richard III, Speed-the-Plow with Jeff Goldblum, National Anthems, The Philadelphia Story, A Moon for the Misbegotten, which subsequently transferred to Broadway, and in Trevor Nunn's productions of Inherit the Wind and Richard II. Previous theatre includes The Iceman Cometh (Evening Standard and Olivier Awards for Best Actor, and Tony Award nomination) directed by Howard Davies (Almeida, The Old Vic and Broadway), Lost in Yonkers (Tony Award, Best Supporting Actor), Long Day's Journey into Night, with Jack Lemmon, directed by Jonathan Miller (Broadway and West End). He directed The Old Vic's inaugural production Cloaca and directed Complicitstarring Richard Dreyfuss. He is currently starring as Francis Underwood in the Netflix series House of Cards for which he recently won a Golden Globe.
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