Amanda Drew, Jack Lowden and Diana Quick will join Kristin Scott Thomas in Sophocles’ tragedy Electra, when it comes to the Old Vic this autumn. Drew, best known for her work in television dramas such as Broadchurch, Southcliffe and Silent Witness, will play Chrysothemis, while Lowden, who won both an Olivier award and the Ian Charleson award for his role as Oswald in Ghosts at Trafalgar Studios, will play Orestes. Quick, best known for playing Lady Julia Flyte in Brideshead Revisited, will play Clytemnestra. The cast also includes Golda Rosheuvel, Thalissa Teixeira and Peter Wright. Frank McGuinness’ adaptation was originally performed in 1997 with Zoe Wanamaker in the title role, for which she won an Olivier award.
The production, directed by Ian Rickson, runs from September 22 to December 20, with press night on October 1.
Design will be by Mark Thompson, lighting by Neil Austin and sound by Simon Baxter.
The production will have music by singer-songwriter PJ Harvey, who has previously composed music for Hamlet at the Young Vic, and for Rickson’s production of Hedda Gabler on Broadway.
Sound will be by Simon Baker, movement by Maxine Doyle and casting by Sam Jones CDG. The show is produced by the Old Vic and Sonia Friedman Productions.
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