Felicity Kendal & Jenna Russell Set for Amy's View at London's Garrick Theatre
Amy's View, follows a mother-daughter relationship over many years. The play begins in 1979 when Esme Allen Kendal has it all. A successful actress, she is at the pinnacle of her career and passionate about the West End stage where she earns a comfortable living. A visit from her daughter, Amy Russell, with a new boyfriend, a brash young gossip-columnist and film critic, sets in motion a series of events which reach their shattering conclusion 16 years later.
Kendal made her debut on the London stage in 1967 and then confirmed her reputation as a popular stage star with appearances in such plays as The Norman Conquests, Clouds, Amadeus, Hapgood and Ivanov, for which she won the London Evening Standard Best Actress Award. On television she stars in Rosemary and Thyme and is still much loved for the classic sitcom, The Good Life. Russell comes fresh from the West End production of Sunday in the Park with George and was also recently seen in the West End in Guys and Dolls and on TV's Born and Bred. The cast also includes Gawn Grainger, Ryan Kiggell, Antonia Pemberton and Geoff Bretton.
Amy's View will feature set and costume design by Simon Higlett, lighting design by Peter Mumford and sound design by Gregory Clarke.This will be the first major revival of the play since its premiere at the National Theatre in 1997 and will incorporate the revisions Hare made for the subsequent 1999 Broadway production, which starred Judi Dench and Samantha Bond.