Jeremy Irons Joins the Cast of Royal Shakespeare Company's THE GODS WEEP, 3/12-4/3

Actor Jeremy Irons will return to the Royal Shakespeare Company this spring to lead the cast of a new play, THE GODS WEEP. The world premiere, by Dennis Kelly, plays at The Hampstead Theatre from March 12 thru April 3.

Dennis Kelly is an acclaimed and multi award-winning playwright whose recent work includes ORPHANS, DNA, and LOVE AND MONEY AND OSAMA THE HERO which premiered at Hampstead Theatre. He is currently under commission by the RSC to write the book of MATILDA, A MUSICAL to be staged in late 2010

Oscar-winning actor Irons rejoins the RSC after 23 years away to star in Kelly's THE GOD'S WEEP, a play about a corporate giant who decides to split his power among his subordinates, unleashing a bloody struggle.

The multi award-winning star of stage and screen, whose film credits include "Reversal Of Fortune" - for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role - "Dead Ringers, "The Lion King" and "Die Hard With A Vengeance," last worked with the company in the 1986/7 season when he appeared in THE WINTER'S TALE and ICHARD II. His most recent London stage appearances came in 2006's EMBERS and 2008's NEVER SO GOOD.

Irons is joined in the cast of THE GODS WEEP by Nikki Amuka-Bird, Karen Archer, Neal Barry, Babou Ceesay, Sam Hazeldine, Joanna Horton, Stephen Noonan, Luke Norris, Sally Orrock, Helen Schlesinger, Laurence Spellman, John Stahl and Matthew Wilson.

The RSC premieres a Hampstead theatre spring season which also includes Sebastian Barry's new play about Hans Christian Andersen's visit to Charles Dickens's home, ANDERSEN'S ENGLISH, and Jonathan Harvey's new play CANARY.

For more information, or to order tickets, visit www.hampsteadtheater.com or call 020-7722-9301.

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