"The Sweetest Swing In Baseball" by Rebecca Gillman, with Gillian Anderson at Royal Court

"The Sweetest Swing In Baseball" by Rebecca Gillman, with Gillian Anderson at Royal Court

The Sweetest Swing In Baseball, by Rebecca Gillman, opens at the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs 31 Mar 2004, following a preview on 25 March 2004, for a limted run to 1 May 2004 .

(Tickets go on sale 25 Jan 2004 )

The cast includes X-files Gillian Anderson, who was last on the West End stage in "What The Night Is For" at the Comedy Theatre in 2002/3. The rest of the cast includes Nancy Crane, Demetri Goritsas, Kate Harper, John Sharian

It is directed by Ian Rickson and designed by Hildegard Bechtler.

Dana was the toast of the art world - a hot property. Her latest exhibtion bombs and she is admitted to a psychiatric hospital. It may be the safest place for her but her insurance will only pay for ten days. An unlikely friendship and strange alliances develop, Dana draws on the inspiration of American baseball star Darryl Strawberry - he had the sweetest swing.