'Doubt' Set for London Premiere at Tricycle Later This Year

According to Whatsonstage.com, Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning play Doubt, which debuted Off-Broadway in 2004 and moved on to an acclaimed Broadway run, will have its UK premiere at north London's Tricycle Theatre later this year.

The Daily Mail reports that the show will be directed by either Tricycle artistic director Nicolas Kent or Shakespeare in Love film director John Madden, whose last UK stage production was the Donmar Warhouse Production of David Auburn's Proof, starring Gwyneth Paltrow. Shanley also won an Academy Award for his screenplay of Cher and Nicolas Cage film Moonstruck.

"Set against the backdrop of a Bronx Catholic school in 1964, the show is the story of a strong-minded woman faced with a difficult decision. Should she voice concerns about one of her male colleagues…even if she's not entirely certain of the truth?," stated press notes for the show's Broadway run.

Doubt opened on Broadway on March 9th, 2005 and ran through July 2nd, 2006; it had originally played a hit run at Manhattan Theatre Club.  With a Tony-winning performances by Cherry Jones and Adriane Lenox, and Tony-nominated work by Brian F. O'Byrne, the show won the 2005 Tony Award for Best Play in addition to the Pulitzer Prize.  Doug Hughes won a Tony for directing the play.

A film version, starring Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman, begins shooting this winter.  Jones stars in the current national tour.  Visit www.doubtthetour.com for more on the tour.