Donmar Warehouse Announce New Season 2005/06

Donmar Warehouse Announce New Season 2005/06

The Donmar Warehouse Theatre has announced their new season 2005/06

**Note: Tickets not on sale to public yet for these new productions!!!

The God of Hell, a new play by Sam Shepard, directed by Kathy Burke, opens 26 Oct 2005, following previews from 20 Oct, and booking to 3 Dec 2005. Frank and Emma are American dairy farmers, alone in the Mid-West. Nothing ever happens. Nothing has happened for years. But now there's a mysterious man hiding in their basement; and a slick government official has come knocking at their door. Pay close attention. It's time to get ready for a bright, new American future and things are going to start moving very, very fast. (Described by Sam Shepard as 'a take-off on Republican fascism', The God of Hell is an uncompromising black comedy which premiered at New York's Actor's Studio for a limited run last year.)

The Wild Duck,by Henrik Ibsen , in a new translation by David Eldridge, directed by Michael Grandage , opens 13 Dec 2005, following previews from 8 Dec, and booking to 18 Feb 06. Should the truth be pursued, whatever the cost? The idealistic son of a wealthy businessman seeks to expose his father's duplicity and to free his childhood friend from the lies on which his happy home life is based.

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Further casting has been announced for Mary Stuart, by Friedrich Schiller in a new version by Peter Oswald, which opens at the Donmar 20 Jul 2005, following previews from 14 Jul, booking to 3 Sep 2005. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd, the cast includes: Janet McTeer, Harriet Walter , David Burke, James Fleet, Barbara Jefford, Rory Kinnear An account of the extraordinary relationship between England's Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots.