Melanie La Barrie, Eleanor Worthington-Cox, and more join cast of Old Vic's 'Mary Page Marlowe'

Directed by Artistic Director Matthew Warchus, Mary Page Marlowe follows the life of one woman over 70 years, with the role of Mary performed by five different actors.

Olivia Rook
Olivia Rook

The full cast has been announced for the UK premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning Tracy Letts’s Mary Page Marlowe, which runs at The Old Vic in London from 23 September to 1 November.

Joining the previously announced Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking, Thelma & Louise) and Academy Award nominee Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie, Matilda the Musical) are Daniella Arthur-Kennedy in her professional stage debut as Lorna, Eden Epstein (Leopoldstadt) as Roberta Marlowe, Clare Hughes (Ladies in Black) as Wendy Gilbert, Gilbert Kyem Jnr (Rivals) as Ben, Melanie La Barrie (Hadestown) as Nurse, Rosy McEwen (Blue Jean) as Mary Page Marlowe, Kingsley Morton (The Addams Family) as Connie, Hugh Quarshie (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace) as Andy, Ronan Raftery (Obituary) as Dan, Paul Thornley (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) as Ray, Lauren Ward (Matilda the Musical) as Shrink, Noah Weatherby (Too Much) as Ed Marlowe, Alisha Weir (Matilda the Musical) as Mary Page Marlowe, and Eleanor Worthington-Cox (Next to Normal) as Mary Page Marlowe. The role of Louis will be shared by Felix Anderson, Griffin Ashton, and Dexter Pulling.

Directed by Artistic Director Matthew Warchus, Mary Page Marlowe follows the life of one woman over 70 years, with the role of Mary performed by five different actors.

Several of the cast have a strong connection to another show: Matilda The Musical, with Ward, La Barrie and Worthington-Cox all cast in the original West End production of Matilda (directed by Warchus), while Riseborough, Ashton and Weir appeared in the film adaptation of the stage show.

Further creative team has also been announced, including Set & Costume by Rob Howell, Lighting by Hugh Vanstone, Sound by Simon Baker, Dialect by Penny Dyer, Voice by Charlie Hughes D’Aeth, and Wigs, Hair & Make-Up Supervisor by Campbell Young Associates.

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Photo credit: Susan Sarandon, Andrea Riseborough, Melanie La Barrie, and leanor Worthington-Cox. (Courtesy of production)

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