London Assurance 2010 - Articles Page 4

Run Time:
2 hours and 40 minutes, with one interval
Ages: 12+
Opened: March 10, 2010
Closing: June 02, 2010

London Assurance - 2010 - West End History , Info & More

National Theatre (Olivier)
(Waterloo) South Bank London

London Assurance is the tale of Sir Harcourt Courtley, who is lured away from the epicentre of fashionable London by the promise of a rich and beautiful bride, Grace, 45 years his junior. Arriving at Oak Hall, Gloucestershire, he marvels at this rural Venus until her charms are eclipsed by her hearty cousin, the foxhunting Lady Gay Spanker. Meanwhile his disguised son turns up in flight from his creditors and falls head over heels for Grace. When Lady Spanker discovers the young couple, she needs little prompting from the visiting chancer Dazzle to lead Sir Harcourt astray.



Simon Russell Beale, who leads the cast of London Assurance is widely regarded as one of the finest stage actors of his generation. A National Theatre Associate, his previous credits on the South Bank include Major Barbara, Much Ado About Nothing, The Alchemist, The Life Of Galileo and Hamlet.



Fiona Shaw, who stars opposite Russell Beale in London Assurance, is also an NT regular, having appeared in Mother Courage And Her Children, Happy Days, Richard II, The Good Person Of Sichuan and The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie.



London Assurance is the third production in the Shell Series of classic drama, following Much Ado About Nothing and Oedipus.

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Gate Theatre Dublin Returns to US With Samuel Beckett’s Endgame
by Gabrielle Sierra - Oct 21, 2011


David Eden Productions has announced full details of the upcoming US tour of the Gate Theatre Dublin's productions of ENDGAME and WATT, by Samuel Beckett.

Celia Imrie, Janie Dee & Robert Glenister et al to Lead Cast of NOISES OFF at Old Vic
by Caryn Robbins - Oct 7, 2011


Jonathan Coy, Janie Dee, Robert Glenister, Jamie Glover, Celia Imrie, Karl Johnson, Aisling Loftus, Amy Nuttall and Paul Ready have been cast in Michael Frayn's irresistible, multi-award-winning backstage comedy Noises Off, directed by Linsday Posner, which previews from 3 December, with a press night on 13 December 2011.

CAPA Announces 2011-12 Season, Kicks Off With David Sanborn Trio
by Gabrielle Sierra - Aug 22, 2011


CAPA today announced its season lineup for 2011-12. Highlights include the Columbus premiere of Theatre Royal Bath's production of Harold Pinter's acclaimed play, The Caretaker, starring the Tony® Award-winning actor of stage and screen, Jonathan Pryce.

Atlantic Announces US Premiere of Bluebird Starring Simon Russell Beale
by BWW News Desk - Aug 22, 2011


Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) will present the first production of its 2011-2012 season, the U.S. premiere of Simon Stephen's play BLUEBIRD, directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch and starring Olivier Award winner and Tony Award® nominee Simon Russell Beale, Tobias Segal and Atlantic Theater Company members Kate Blumberg, Mary McCann, and Todd Weeks.

Atlantic Announces US Premiere of Bluebird Starring Simon Russell Beale, Previews Begin 8/9
by BWW News Desk - Aug 9, 2011


Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce the first production of its 2011-2012 season, the U.S. premiere of Simon Stephen's play BLUEBIRD, directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch and starring Olivier Award winner and Tony Award® nominee Simon Russell Beale, Tobias Segal and Atlantic Theater company members Kate Blumberg, Mary McCann, and Todd Weeks.

Atlantic Announces US Premiere of Bluebird Starring Simon Russell Beale
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 11, 2011


Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce the first production of its 2011-2012 season, the U.S. premiere of Simon Stephen's play BLUEBIRD, directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch and starring Olivier Award winner and Tony Award® nominee Simon Russell Beale, Tobias Segal and Atlantic Theater company members Kate Blumberg, Mary McCann, and Todd Weeks.

People’s Light & Theatre Presents DIVIDING THE ESTATE 5/11-6/5
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2011


People's Light & Theatre presents the Philadelphia premiere of Horton Foote's Dividing the Estate. It runs May 11 - June 5, 2011 on the Main Stage. Artistic Director Abigail Adams directs. People's Light & T

Simon Russell Beale to Lead Atlantic Theater Company's BLUEBIRD, 8/9-9/9
by Kelsey Denette - May 10, 2011


Atlantic Theater Company has announced the first production of its 2011-2012 season, the U.S. premiere of Simon Stephen's play BLUEBIRD, directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch and starring Olivier Award winner and Tony Award® nominee Simon Russell Beale, Tobias Segal and Atlantic Theater company members Kate Blumberg, Mary McCann, and Todd Weeks.

Broadway/San Diego Announces 2010-2011 Season
by BWW News Desk - Apr 24, 2011


Broadway/San Diego ~ A Nederlander Presentation, continues its 34th Season of great theatre with a variety of choices for all audiences. We offer the hottest ticket in town to ten of Broadway's best, from classic musicals to rock icons to beloved family fare - not to mention dance!

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST's Brian Bedford to be Featured on NY1 With Ben Brantley, 4/16
by Kelsey Denette - Apr 15, 2011


Brian Bedford, star and director of Roundabout Theatre Company's The Importance of Being Earnest, and The New York Times' Ben Brantley will be featured on NY1 'The New York Times Closeup' in an interview with Sam Roberts this Saturday, April 16th at 10PM on Channel 1.

People’s Light & Theatre Presents DIVIDING THE ESTATE 5/11-6/5
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 11, 2011


People's Light & Theatre presents the Philadelphia premiere of Horton Foote's Dividing the Estate. It runs May 11 - June 5, 2011 on the Main Stage. Artistic Director Abigail Adams directs. People's Light & T

A.C.T. Celebrates Pinter With THE HOMECOMING, Closes 3/27
by BWW News Desk - Mar 27, 2011


The Homecoming closes March 27, 2011, at the American Conservatory Theater (415 Geary Street, San Francisco).

Seanachaí Announces 2011-2012 Season Starring Pickerign and Armacost
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 24, 2011


Seanachai proudly announces the company's second season at its permanent home, the 3rd Floor Theatre at the Irish American Heritage Center.

A.C.T. Celebrates Pinter With THE HOMECOMING, Plays 3/3-27
by BWW News Desk - Mar 9, 2011


American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) continues its 2010-11 season with a revival of Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter's most provocative play, The Homecoming, directed by A.C.T. Artistic Director and longtime Pinter collaborator Carey Perloff.

A.C.T. Celebrates Pinter With THE HOMECOMING, Plays 3/3-27
by Charlie Piane - Jan 24, 2011


American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) continues its 2010-11 season with a revival of Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter's most provocative play, The Homecoming, directed by A.C.T. Artistic Director and longtime Pinter collaborator Carey Perloff.

Watford Palace Theatre and English Touring Theatre Present Great Expectations
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 14, 2011


From a small Indian village to the bustling streets of Calcutta, this bold reimagining charts Pip's extraordinary journey in this story of love, ambition, honour and honesty.

Brian Dennehy Leads THE FIELD in Dublin in 2011; Guthrie Artistic Director Dowling Directs
by BWW News Desk - Jan 13, 2011


The Guthrie Theater today announced that Artistic Director Joe Dowling will direct legendary stage actor Brian Dennehy in John B. Keane's The Field in a limited run at Dublin's Olympia Theatre beginning January 13. Dennehy plays the iconic role of ‘The Bull' McCabe in Keane's award-winning play. The Field returns to the Olympia Theatre where it premiered more than 45 years ago and will run from January 13 through to February 12, then transfer to the INEC, Killarney, from February 15 through 17, followed by a transfer to the Royal Theatre, Castlebar, from February 24 through 26.

Broadway/San Diego Announces 2010-2011 Season
by BWW News Desk - Jan 9, 2011


Broadway/San Diego ~ A Nederlander Presentation, continues its 34th Season of great theatre with a variety of choices for all audiences. We offer the hottest ticket in town to ten of Broadway's best, from classic musicals to rock icons to beloved family fare - not to mention dance!

Preview Begin Today for Roundabout's IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
by BWW News Desk - Dec 17, 2010


Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director)begins previews for the new Broadway production of Oscar Wilde's comedy The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by and starring Brian Bedford as 'Lady Bracknell,' at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd St.) on Friday, December 17th, 2010 and open officially on Thursday, January 13th, 2011. This is a limited engagement through Sunday, March 6th, 2011.

Brian Bedford and Roundabout
by Robert Diamond - Dec 15, 2010


This week From the Archives celebrates Brian Bedford, currently starring as Lady Bracknell in the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.

Robert Wagner Speaks At Westside Center for Independent Living's Annual Literary Tea
by BWW News Desk - Dec 9, 2010


Actor, Producer, Writer and Author, ROBERT WAGNER, will appear as the Guest Speaker at the Westside Center for Independent Living's Associates' (WCIL's) Annual Literary Tea on Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at a private home in Beverly Hills, CA, at which time Wagner will talk about and sign copies of his New York Times bestselling autobiography, Pieces of My Heart - A Life.

Broadway/San Diego Announces 2010-2011 Season
by BWW News Desk - Dec 5, 2010


Broadway/San Diego ~ A Nederlander Presentation, continues its 34th Season of great theatre with a variety of choices for all audiences. We offer the hottest ticket in town to ten of Broadway's best, from classic musicals to rock icons to beloved family fare - not to mention dance!

Full Cast Announced For Old Vic's A FLEA IN HER EAR
by BWW News Desk - Dec 4, 2010


Richard Eyre will direct John Mortimer's translation of Georges Feydeau's 1907 classic farce A FLEA IN HER EAR , opening for previews on 4 December 2010 (press night: 14 December). Starring Tom Hollander with Di Botcher, Jonathan Cake, Oliver Cotton, Lisa Dillon, Freddie Fox, Fiona Glascott, Lloyd Hutchinson, John Marquez, Tim McMullan, William Maxwell, Rebecca Night, Maggie Service and Walter Van Dyk, A Flea in Her Ear is a comedy of errors set against a backdrop of misunderstanding and confusion. A Flea in Her Ear is a co-production with Sonia Friedman Productions and is the second play in The Old Vic 2010-11 Season. The Season is sponsored by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

PASSION, CLYBOURNE PARK Win London Evening Standard Awards
by Lauren Wolman - Nov 28, 2010


According to the BBC, PASSION was named the Best Musical at the 56th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards while Bruce Norris's CLYBOURNEY PARK won the Best Play Award on Nov. 28 in a ceremony at London's Savoy Hotel. Sir Peter Hall was also honored with the Moscow Art Theatre's Golden Seagull Award for his contribution to world theatre while Sir Michael Gambon was awarded the Lebedev Special Award for his contribution to British theatre.

Boyer, Conroy Set For LCT3's THE COWARD, Opens 11/22
by BWW News Desk - Nov 22, 2010


LCT3, Lincoln Center Theater's programming initiative devoted to producing the work of new artists and developing new audiences, has announced that Steven Boyer, Jarlath Conroy, John Patrick Dougherty, Stephen Ellis, Richard Poe, Kristen Schaal, Jeremy Strong, and Christopher Evan Welch will be featured in its world premiere production of THE COWARD, a new play by Nick Jones, directed by Sam Gold, the first of LCT3's three productions during the 2010-2011 season.

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