Daniel Deronda - Upstairs at the Gatehouse from 5 May

Traffic of the Stage presents Daniel Deronda, by George Eliot, adapted by John Cooper, at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, a fringe venue in north London, from 5 to 29 May 2010.

Directed by Harry Meacher, designed by Bryan Hands, costumes by Ella Bellew.

Cast includes Katy Allen, Sally-Anne Beighton, Giovanni Bienne, Bryan Hands, Ellen Hopkins, Lucie Howard, Mark Jackson, Tara Jaffar, Ali Kemp, Victoria Kempton, Caroline Langston, Owen Lindsay, Lee Ravitz, Patrick Ross, Roger Sansom, Jonson Wilkinson, Janine Ingrid Ulfane.

When society beauty Gwendolen Harleth gambles away a small fortune at a fashionable casino on the continent, she attracts the attentions of the exotic Daniel Deronda, already involved in the destiny of a young Jewish woman, Mirah Lapidoth. However Gwendolen is an object of desire for Henleigh Grandcourt, a man used to getting what he wants.