CAROLINE QUENTIN JOINS CAST FOR THE RSC, HULL TRUCK THEATRE AND HULL UK CITY OF CULTURE 2017 PRODUCTION THE HYPOCRITE
THE HYPOCRITE
Written by Richard Bean
Directed by Phillip Breen
Hull Truck Theatre: 24 February – 25 March 2017
Royal Shakespeare Company, Swan Theatre: 31 March – 29 April 2017
National press night: Wednesday 1 March 2017, 7pm, Hull Truck Theatre
Regional press night: Wednesday 5 April 2017, 7pm, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Richard Bean’s new play The Hypocrite, directed by Phillip Breen, opens at Hull Truck Theatre with a national press night on Wednesday 1 March 2017, before transferring to the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Swan Theatre previewing from the 31 March 2017.
Caroline Quentin joins the cast of this riotous new comedy, as Lady Sarah Hotham, wife of Sir John Hotham, who, as previously announced, is played by Mark Addy.
Caroline’s extensive TV and stage credits include: Relative Values (Theatre Royal, Bath), the original RSC production of Les Misérables (Barbican Theatre), Men Behaving Badly (ITV/BBC), Life of Riley, Jonathan Creek and Blue Murder (BBC). She has won two British Comedy Awards, and a Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards.
Mark Addy began his career on television, appearing in award-winning comedies such as The Thin Blue Line. Mark has appeared in HBO's Game of Thrones alongside Sean Bean. His most recent television credits include Trollied for Sky 1, BBC’s Atlantis and New Blood and ITV’s Jericho. In 1997, he starred in The Full Monty, leading to a BAFTA nomination and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He also starred in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, Jack Frost, Down to Earth and A Knight's Tale. Mark also appeared as Friar Tuck in Ridley Scott's Robin Hood.
The Hypocrite is by award-winning playwright Richard Bean, whose other recent plays include The Nap, One Man, Two Guvnors, Great Britain and Made in Dagenham. This production is directed by Phillip Breen, whose recent RSC credits include the highly acclaimed The Merry Wives of Windsor (2012) and The Shoemaker’s Holiday (2014).
Further casting for The Hypocrite includes: Martin Barrass (Mayor Barnard), Danielle Bird (Drudge), Rachel Dale (Ensemble), Neil D’Souza (Peregrine Pelham), Laura Elsworthy (Connie), Ben Goffe (Charles I/Ghost), Danielle Henry (Sweet Lips/Mme Frottage/Lady Digby), Adrian Hood (Executioner/Captain Moyer), Asif Khan (Captain Jack), Andrew Langtree (Ensemble), Jordan Metcalfe (Duke of York), Sarah Middleton (Frances), Pierro Niel-Mee (Durand), Rowan Polonski (Prince Rupert), Paul Popplewell (Albert Calvert), Josh Sneesby (The Ranter) and Matt Sutton (Saltmarsh).
The Hypocrite is directed by Phillip Breen and designed by Max Jones with lighting by Tina MacHugh and sound by Andrea J Cox. Music is by Grant Olding, with fights by Renny Krupinski and movement by Annie Lees-Jones. Illusions are by Chris Fisher.
Notes to Editors
For further press information, please contact:
Amy Belson - amy.belson@rsc.org.uk 01789 412622 or
Vicki Taylor - vicki.taylor@hulltruck.co.uk 01482 488295
To book tickets:
For Hull Truck Theatre call 01482 323638 or online at www.hulltruck.co.uk
For the RSC call 01789 403493 or online at www.rsc.org.uk
The RSC Acting Companies are generously supported by THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION and THE KOVNER FOUNDATION
The work of the RSC Literary Department is generously supported by THE DRUE HEINZ TRUST
The Hypocrite is a recipient of an EDGERTON FOUNDATION NEW PLAYS AWARD
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