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Jeremy Irons Stirs Up the Embers on the West End, Feb. 15,
2006:
Playbill:
By
Robert Simonson
15 Feb 2006
Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons returns to the
London stage Feb. 15 in Christopher Hampton's new play, Embers.
Michael Blakemore will direct the production, which is set to open at the
Duke of York's Theatre March 1.
Based on Sandor Marai's novel, Embers is set in
1940s Europe. The play casts Irons as Henrik, a general, who is awaiting the
return of a friend he hasn't seen for several decades.
Also in the cast are Jean Boht as Henrik's wife and
Patrick Malahide as the friend.
Producers for Embers include Eric Abraham and
Robert Haggiag.
Jeremy Irons won a Tony Award for his performance in
the original Broadway production of The Real Thing. The English actor
also won Academy and Golden Globe awards for his work in the 1990 film
"Reversal of Fortune." Irons was also Golden-Globe nominated for "The
Mission" and "Brideshead Revisited." He last appeared on the London stage in
The Rover for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Blakemore has directed extensively on both sides of
the Atlantic. Among his credits are Copenhagen, Kiss Me, Kate, City of
Angels, Democracy and Noises Off.
Embers follows a limited engagement of the
award-winning one-man show I Am My Own Wife.
my Award winner Jeremy Irons returns to the London
stage Feb. 15 in Christopher Hampton's new play, Embers. Michael
Blakemore will direct the production, which is set to open at the Duke of
York's Theatre March 1.
Based on Sandor Marai's novel, Embers is set in
1940s Europe. The play casts Irons as Henrik, a general, who is awaiting the
return of a friend he hasn't seen for several decades.
Also in the cast are Jean Boht as Henrik's wife and
Patrick Malahide as the friend.
Producers for Embers include Eric Abraham and
Robert Haggiag.
Jeremy Irons won a Tony Award for his performance in
the original Broadway production of The Real Thing. The English actor
also won Academy and Golden Globe awards for his work in the 1990 film
"Reversal of Fortune." Irons was also Golden-Globe nominated for "The
Mission" and "Brideshead Revisited." He last appeared on the London stage in
The Rover for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Blakemore has directed extensively on both sides of
the Atlantic. Among his credits are Copenhagen, Kiss Me, Kate, City of
Angels, Democracy and Noises Off.
Embers follows a limited engagement of the
award-winning one-man show I Am My Own Wife.
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