Donmar Warehouse Announces Full Casting For TRELAWNY OF THE WELLS

Donmar Warehouse announces full casting for their production of TRELAWNY OF THE WELLS by Arthur Wing Pinero, which runs from 15 February to 13 April 2013. Press night is Tuesday 26 February 2013.

Rose Trelawny is the brightest star in the firmament of the Wells, the theatre company that raised her from birth. But she's prepared to give it all up for the love of her stage-door suitor, aristocratic Arthur. His family are less convinced of her charms, however, and her joyful challenge to their dreary, snobby existence shocks them to their core.

TRELAWNY OF THE WELLS is Pinero's love letter to the theatre. Joe Wright is an exciting and visual film director. This production is a celebration of the enchantment, the vivaciousness, the melodrama, the music and the irrepressible joy of the Victorian stage.

TRELAWNY OF THE WELLS features Director: Joe Wright, Designer: Hildegard Bechtler, Lighting Designer: Jon Clark, Sound Designer: Matt McKenzie, Composer: Michael Bruce, and Movement Director: Marcello Magni.

The cast for the production has now been announced and will be:

Jamie Beamish - Mr. Ablett/O'Dwyer  
Ron Cook - Sir William Gower  
Aimeé-Ffion Edwards - Avonia Bunn 
Susannah Fielding - Imogen Parrott  
Daniel Kaluuya - Tom Wrench  
Daniel Mays - Ferdinand Gadd  
Fergal McElherron - Colpoys  
Amy Morgan - Rose Trelawny  
Joshua Silver - Arthur Gower  
Maggie Steed - Mrs. Telfer/Miss Gower  
Peter Wight - Mr. Telfer/Charles 

All other parts are played by members of the company

Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934) was an English actor, and later playwright and stage director. His principal works include The House in Order, The Second Mrs Tanqueray, The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith, The Schoolmistresses, The Magistrate, Dandy Dick, The Princess and the Butterfly, The Gay Lord Quex, and Mind the Paint, Girl.

Joe Wright directs, marking his directorial debut for the stage. His television credits include Charles II: The Power & the Passion, Bodily Harm, Bob & Rose and Nature Boy; and for film, Anna Karenina, Hanna, The Soloist, Atonement and Pride and Prejudice.

Jamie Beamish has performed at Shakespeare’s Globe, the RSC, The National Theatre and Regents Park Open Air Theatre. He has also appeared in three Joe Wright films including Anna Karenina, Hanna and Atonement.

Ron Cook has previously appeared at the Donmar in Richard II, King Lear (also New York), Hamlet (Wyndhams, also Elsinore/New York), Twelfth Night, Helpless, Juno and the Paycock and Glengarry Glen Ross. He has worked extensively throughout the West End, at the RSC, The National Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre, the Royal Court and many other theatres. He is also a hugely popular and prolific film and television performer.

Aimeé-Ffion Edwards has previously appeared at the Donmar in The Recruiting Officer. Her other theatre work includes Fireface at the Young Vic and Jerusalem at the Royal Court, in the West End and on Broadway. On television she has appeared in Walking and Talking, Luther, Being Human and Law and Order.

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