UK News: New York's The Countess to open in the West End

NEW YORK HIT PLAY 'THE COUNTESS' TO OPEN IN THE WEST END AT THE CRITERION THEATRE

Countess Productions UK Ltd presents

ALISON PARGETER
NICK MORAN
DAMIAN O'HARE
GERALD HARPER
JEAN BOHT
and LINDA THORSON
in
The Countess

a visionary critic, a celebrated artist and a sexual scandal that rocked Victorian society

by Gregory Murphy
director Ludovica Villar-Hauser

CRITERION THEATRE

Thursday June 2 - Saturday September 17

Press Night: Tuesday June 7 at 7pm

Acclaimed in New York, where it ran for 634 performances, The Countess by Gregory Murphy, is a sumptuous and passionate new drama based on one of the most notorious scandals of the Victorian age. It is to open in the West End at the Criterion Theatre on June 7 (previewing from June 2). It is booking to September 17. Press night is Tuesday June 7 at 7pm.

In 1853, the celebrated art critic John Ruskin, his wife Effie, and the Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais depart in high spirits for the Scottish Highlands. When they return four months later, London is already beginning to whisper of the woman one man calls mad, and the other...The Countess.

Starring Nick Moran as John Ruskin, Alison Pargeter as Effie, Damian O¹Hare as Millais, Gerald Harper as Mr Ruskin, Jean Boht as Mrs Ruskin and Linda Thorson as Lady Elizabeth Eastlake, it is directed by Ludovica Villar-Hauser, who also produced and directed the New York production.

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