Woody Harrelson and Clare Higgins to Headline West End Night of the Iguana

Woody Harrelson and Clare Higgins have been confirmed to star in a West End revival of Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana. The production, also featuring Jenny Seagrove, is scheduled to begin performances at the Lyric Theatre on November 23.

Harrelson appeared in the West End last year opposite Kyle MacLachlan in On an Average Day. He has appeared on Broadway in Biloxi Blues and The Rainmaker. Harrelson earned a 1989 Emmy Award for his performance in Cheers. His film credits include Wildcats, Doc Hollywood, White Men Can't Jump, Indecent Proposal, Natural Born Killers, Kingpin, The People vs. Larry Flynt for which he earned an Oscar nomination, The Thin Red Line, Edtv Play It to the Bone, Anger Management, After the Sunset, The Big White, The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio and North Country.

Higgins is currently appearing in the West End in Death of a Salesman, which ends its run on November 5. She has won Olivier Awards for her performances in Hecuba at the Donmar Warehouse and National Theatre mountings of Vincent in Brixton and Sweet Bird of Youth.

The Night of the Iguana is the story of Rev. Lawrence Shannon, a defrocked Episcopal minister, and his fight to keep his personal demons at bay. Shannon has traveled to seek comfort from an old friend, but instead finds his friend's widow, who is playing host to a group of German tourists. Shannon also discovers a kindred spirit in Hannah Jelkes, who has arrived penniless at the same destination with her aged grandfather, a Romantic poet, in tow.

The Night of the Iguana, directed by Anthony Page, will officially open on December 5.