Classic Spring is delighted to announce real-life father and son, Edward and Freddie Fox, are to play fictional father and son in Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, from 20 April at the Vaudeville theatre. Also starring, in the role of Mrs. Cheveley, is Frances Barber. Directed by Jonathan Church, An Ideal Husband will play at the Vaudeville Theatre 20 April to 14 July 2018, before opening the Theatre Royal Bath Summer Season on 18 July to 4 August 2018.
Edward Fox will play the Earl of Caversham. Among his many stage and screen credits, Edward has appeared as Winston Churchill in The Audience (West End), with Helen Mirren, and performed T.S. Eliot's 'Four Quartets' (Riverside Studios). Most recently on screen in Taboo (BBC), with Tom Hardy, Edward is best-known for his performances in The Day of the Jackal and Edward & Mrs. Simpson (ITV). Screen credits also include A Bridge Too Far, The Dresser, and Gandhi.Freddie Fox will play Lord Goring. He played Wilde's lover Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas in The Judas Kiss, opposite Rupert Everett (Hampstead Theatre, West End). Other credits include Travesties (Menier Chocolate Factory, West End), Cucumber (Channel 4), Banana (E4), Boy George (BBC) and The Three Musketeers. Following cast injuries, Freddie took the role of Romeo to great acclaim in Kenneth Branagh's Romeo and Juliet, with Lily James (Garrick Theatre).Box office: 01225 448844 / theatreroyal.org.uk
Photo Credit: Marc Brenner
Rebecca Charles as Lady Basildon, Joanna van Kampen as Lady Marchmont
Faith Omole as Mabel Chiltern, EdWard Fox as Lord Caversham
Frances Barber as Mrs Cheveley, Sam Parks as Vicomte de Nanjac
Nathaniel Parker as Lord Chiltern, Frances Barber as Mrs Cheveley
Nathaniel Parker as Lord Chiltern, Frances Barber as Mrs Cheveley
Nathaniel Parker as Lord Chiltern, Frances Barber as Mrs Cheveley
Freddie Fox as Lord Goring, Michael Peters as Mr Montford
EdWard Fox as Lord Caversham, Freddie Fox as Lord Goring
Faith Omole as Mabel Chiltern, Freddie Fox as Lord Goring
Freddie Fox as Lord Goring, Sally Bretton as Lady Chiltern
Susan Hampshire as Lady Markby, Sally Bretton as Lady Chiltern
Sally Bretton as Lady Chiltern, Frances Barber as Mrs Cheveley
Freddie Fox as Lord Goring, Tim Wallers as Phipps
Freddie Fox as Lord Goring, EdWard Fox as Lord Caversham
Freddie Fox as Lord Goring, Frances Barber as Mrs Cheveley
Freddie Fox as Lord Goring, EdWard Fox as Lord Caversham
Freddie Fox as Lord Goring, Faith Omole as Mabel Chiltern
Susan Hampshire as Lady Markby
Joanna van Kampen as Mrs Marchmont, Rebecca Charles as Lady Basildon
Samuel Barrett as James
Michael Peters as Mr Montford
Frances Barber as Mrs Cheveley, Nathaniel Parker as Lord Chiltern
Sally Bretton as Lady Chiltern
Freddie Fox as Lord Goring
Sally Bretton as Lady Chiltern
Faith Omole as Mabel Chiltern
Frances Barber as Mrs Cheveley
Frances Barber as Mrs Cheveley
Sam Archer as Manson
Nathaniel Parker as Lord Chiltern, Sally Bretton as Lady Chiltern
Freddie Fox as Lord Goring
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