Sienna Miller to Make Broadway Debut in Marber's After Miss Julie
Screen star Sienna Miller will make her Broadway debut in the fall of 2009, the Roundabout Theatre Company has announced. Miller will star in the title role of the American premiere of Patrick Marber’s After Miss Julie, directed by Mark Brokaw. Dates, additional casting and a theater for the production will be announced at another time.
After Miss Julie is a radical reimagining of August Strindberg’s Miss Julie, the1888 play about sex and class. Marber's take on the piece relocates Strindberg’s story to an English country house on the eve of the British Labour Party’s historic landslide election victory in 1945. After Miss Julie, directed by Tony Award nominee Michael Grandage, originally debuted at London’s Donmar Warehouse in November 2003, starring Kelly Reilly, Richard Coyle and Helen Baxendale.
Miller’s film credits include High Speed, The Ride, Bedtime, Keen Eddie, Alfie, Casanova, Factory Girl, Interview, Stardust, The Mysteries of Pittsburg, The Edge of Love and the forthcoming Hippie Hippie Shake and A Woman of No Importance. The production will mark the actress’ New York stage debut.After Miss Julie will be produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company in association with Sonia Friedman Productions and Ostar Productions.