Photo Flash: First Look at the Stars of A FAREWELL TO ARMS at the Dukes Lancaster

The UK stage premiere, by imitating the dog and Dukes Lancaster, of Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms opens at the Dukes Lancaster from the 10-25 October 2014. (Press nights: 14 & 15 October) and then tours the UK. Scroll down for a first look at the stars!

Based on the author's real-life experience in 1918 in Italy, A Farewell to Arms tells the story of Frederic Henry, an American ambulance driver for the Italian army and his relationship with English nurse Catherine Barkley. Against the backdrop of the war the two protagonists discover the redemptive power of love and experience the loss of innocence as they attempt to cement their relationship in a time of devastating conflict. In this first UK stage adaptation of one of the classic novels of the twentieth century, imitating the dog will fuse video projection, beautiful stage design and original music to create an extraordinary adaptation of Hemingway's powerful tale of love and the brutality of modern warfare.

Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms was published in 1929 and a year later was adapted on Broadway by Laurence Stallings. It was then subsequently made into a Oscar nominated film by Paramount Pictures in 1932 featuring Gary Cooper and then remade in 1957 with Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones in its cast.

In the lead roles will be Jude Monk McGowan (The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable, National Theatre/Punchdrunk and the recent screen adaptation of Anna Karenina) as Frederic Henry and Laura Atherton (The Zero Hour, imitating the dog) as Catherine Barkley. Other roles will be played by Morven Macbeth, Matt Pendergast, Marco Rossi and Joshua Jackson.

Adapted by imitating the dog and directed by Pete Brooks and Andrew Quick, A Farewell to Arms is co-produced with The Dukes, Lancaster and supported with complementary regional producing organisations, Live at LICA and Cast, Doncaster.

UK TOUR DATES:

OPENING -Fri 10 Oct - Sat 25 October at 7.30pm (Mat: 18, 22 & 25 Oct at 2pm) The Dukes, Lancaster

Wed 29 October - Sat 1 November at 7.30pm (Mat: 30 Oct & 1 Nov at 1.30pm) -Cast, Doncaster

Tue 4- Saturday 8 November at 7.45pm (4 Nov at 7pm; Mat performances - 5 Nov at 2.30pm) -New Wolsey, Ipswich

13th-15th November at 8pm (Mat performance -15 Nov at 2.30pm) Lowry, Salford Quays

Wed 19- Sat 22 November at 7.45pm (19 Nov at 7pm; Mat performance - 20 & 22 Nov at 2.45pm)Birmingham Repertory Theatre

Wed 26- Sat 29 November at 7.30pm (Mat performance - 29 Nov at 2pm) The Old Market, Brighton

Photo Credit: Ed Waring