Recreation of Thrones star Equipment Harington will return to the London stage within the upcoming manufacturing of Jeremy O. Harris’ acclaimed and controversial Slave Play.
Regardless of the star casting, Slave Play playwright Jeremy O. Harris assures audiences that Harington’s presence is not going to be a “distraction.”
In an interview with London’s The Guardian, Harris mentioned Harington was emphatic that the ensemble piece not be was “the Jon Snow expertise” (a reference to Harington’s character on Thrones).
“Equipment was saying ‘I don’t need this to be Equipment Harington in Slave Play, that is an ensemble play and I’m not even the lead,’” Harris informed the newspaper. “He is aware of the burden his identify carries and the way that might turn into a distraction, if we allowed it to be.”
Harington has a robust historical past of London stage performances, having appeared in, amongst others, Warfare Horse, Physician Faustus, True West and Henry V.
Along with Harington, the Slave Play forged will embody Fisayo Akinade, Aaron Heffernan, Olivia Washington and, reprising their Broadway roles, James Cusati-Moyer, Chalia La Tour, Annie McNamara and Irene Sofia Lucio.
The manufacturing, directed by Robert O’Hara, begins performances June 29 on the West Finish‘s Noël Coward Theatre, operating by means of Sept. 21.
Nominated for 12 Tony Awards, Slave Play was staged in 2019 at Broadway’s John Golden Theatre, having originated the yr prior at New York Theatre Workshop Off Broadway. The plot follows attendees of an “Antebellum Sexual Efficiency Remedy” facility that re-enacts Outdated South eventualities to reinvigorate and study the interracial relationships.
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