Cuckoo's Nest Delayed Due to Ailing Slater
by Broadway Staff • Aug 6, 2004
Performances of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival mounting of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which were supposed to begin on August 6, have been pushed back to August 10 while star Christian Slater recovers from the chicken pox.
Slater has "developed a secondary infection and has been given strict instructions by his doctor to stay in bed for at least three days," according to a statement.
Slater has "developed a secondary infection and has been given strict instructions by his doctor to stay in bed for at least three days," according to a statement.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is the story of a mental hospital and its inhabitants. When brash new inmate Randle P. McMurphy Slater arrives, the rigid program of the ward, headed by the tyrannical Nurse Ratched Frances Barber, is thrown up for grabs.
This production is scheduled to run at the Fringe through August 30. It will then land at the Gielgud Theatre in the West End where performances will begin on September 3.