The production of Ivan Turgenev’s play, adapted by Brian Friel, will run at the London Theatre from the 22nd August until the 3rd October.
It has been announced that Sophie Okonedo (Medea ,@sohoplace and Antony and Cleopatra, National Theatre) will lead the cast for Lyndsey Turner’s production of A Month in the Country which will officially open on the 2nd September.
Okonedo leads the company as Natalya Petrovna, and she is joined by Thomas Arnold (Arkady Islayev), Jessica Brindle (Katya), Susan Brown (Anna Islayeva), Rachelle Diedericks (Vera Aleksandrovna), Patrick Gibson (Aleksey Belyayev), Mark Hadfield (Herr Schaaf), Michael Hodgson (Alfanasy Bolshintsov), Jonathan Livingstone (Matvey), Alistair Petrie (Michel Rakitin), Daniel Rigby (Ignaty Shpigelsky), and Amanda Wilkin (Lizaveta Bogdanovna).
A beautiful house in the Russian countryside.
A doting husband, a circle of admirers.
A life of order, tranquility and quiet restraint.
It’s enough to make you scream.
Natalya Petrovna looks to all the world like a contented woman, but the arrival of a penniless young tutor stirs a restless heart, igniting a spark of desire that sets the Summer ablaze.
Meanwhile, joining Lyndsey Turner to complete the creative team are Leslie Travers (Designer), Max Pappenheim (Sound Designer), Tim Lutkin (Lighting Designer); Anna Morrissey (Movement Director & Intimacy Coordinator), Angus MacRae (Composer), and Lotte Hines CDG (Casting Director).
To book tickets visit: https://www.donmarwarehouse.com/events/a-month-in-the-country/