Full Cast Announced for British Premiere of Albee's The Lady from Dubuque

The British premiere of Edward Albee's The Lady from Dubuque has announced its full cast, which will be led by the previously reported Maggie Smith. In addition to Dame Maggie, the West End production, directed by Anthony Page, will feature Catherine McCormack, Robert Sella, Chris Larkin, Peter Francis James, Vivienne Benesch, Jennifer Regan and Glen Fleshler.

A beloved star of stage and film, Maggie Smith has won two Oscars for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and California Suite and has been nominated an additional four times. She received London's Evening Standard Award for The Way of the World, and the Tony Award for Lettice and Lovage, and appeared as well on Broadway in Private Lives and Night and Day. Her recent films include Keeping Mum and the Harry Potter movies.

McCormack most recently appeared in The 39 Steps and was an Olivier Award nominee for All My Sons. Sella has appeared in New York in Side Man, Kit Marlowe, and as the Master of Ceremonies in Cabaret on Broadway. Larkin portrayed Henry VIII in the television mini-series The Six Wives of Henry VIII. Peter Francis James most recently appeared in New York in Stuff Happens and in the Broadway revival of On Golden Pond, Judgment at Nuremberg and The American Clock. Regan appeared on Broadway in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Benesch has appeared on Broadway in After the Fall and The Deep Blue Sea. Fleshler appeared in New York in Stuff Happens.

The Lady from Dubuque is Albee's play about three young couples at a cocktail party and the sudden arrival of two unexpected guests, the elegant Elizabeth Smith and Oscar James.

Set design will be by Hildegard Bechtler. The costumes will be by Amy Roberts, and the lighting by Howard Harrison.

The production is being presented in London by Robert Fox and Elizabeth Ireland McCann and The Shubert Organization. This marks the fourth West End collaboration of star Smith, playwright Albee, director Page and producers Fox and McCann, following two productions of Three Tall Women and A Delicate Balance.

The Lady from Dubuque will begin performances on March 3 and officially open at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on March 20.