"Don Carlos" at the Gielgud from 28 Jan 2005

"Don Carlos" at the Gielgud from 28 Jan 2005

Michael Grandage's Sheffield Theatres' production of Friedrich Schiller Don Carlos, in a new adaptation by Mike Poulton, will transfer to the Gielgud Theatre, opening 3 Feb 2005, following previews from 28 Jan 2005 for a limited 12 week run until 30 April 2005.

The play, which opened at Sheffield Crucible Theatre in September this year, is designed by Christopher Oram, with lighting by Paule Constable and music and sound by Adam Cork.

The West End cast is: Derek Jacobi (King Philip II of Spain), Richard Coyle (Don Carlos), Stuart Burt (A Page to the Queen), Elliot Cowan (Marquis of Posa), Peter Eyre (The Cardinal Grand Inquisitor), Michael Hadley (Domingo), Ian Hogg (Duke of Alba), Paul Keating (Prince of Parma), Andrew McDonald (Count Cordua), Brian Poyser (Duke of Medina Sidonia), Claire Price (Queen Elizabeth), Charlotte Randle (Princess Eboli), Una Stubbs (Duchess of Olivarez) and Roger Swaine (Count Lerma).

Don Carlos is passionately in love with Elizabeth, the French Princess to whom he was once betrothed. Carlos' tyrannical father, King Philip II of Spain, decides to marry Elizabeth himself. The young prince's hatred for his cold and distant parent knows no bounds. He enlists his oldest friend the Marquis of Posa to act as go-between. But Posa decides to convert Carlos and Elizabeth's youthful passion into a full scale rebellion against King Philip's oppressive and bloody regime.