{"id":26037,"date":"2022-11-29T23:39:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T23:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/29\/dougray-scott-joins-elizabeth-mcgovern-in-whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-at-theatre-royal-bath-there-ought-to-be-clowns\/"},"modified":"2022-11-29T23:39:27","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T23:39:27","slug":"dougray-scott-joins-elizabeth-mcgovern-in-whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-at-theatre-royal-bath-there-ought-to-be-clowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/29\/dougray-scott-joins-elizabeth-mcgovern-in-whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-at-theatre-royal-bath-there-ought-to-be-clowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Dougray Scott joins Elizabeth McGovern in Who\u2019s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Theatre Royal Bath \u2013 There Ought To Be Clowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Theatre Royal Bath Productions current<strong>\u00a0Edward Albee<\/strong>\u2019s masterpiece\u00a0<em><strong>Who\u2019s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>on the Ustinov Studio in Bath from 13 January to 11 February 2023, directed by\u00a0<strong>Lindsay Posner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The beforehand introduced<strong>\u00a0Elizabeth McGovern<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Downton Abbey,\u00a0<\/em>Academy Award nominated for<em>\u00a0Ragtime)<\/em>\u00a0will play Martha, alongside<strong>\u00a0Dougray Scott<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Enigma, Mission: Impossible 2)<\/em>\u00a0as George. They shall be joined by\u00a0<strong>Charles Aitken\u00a0<\/strong>(RSC\u2019s\u00a0<em>Coriolanus<\/em>) as Nick and\u00a0<strong>Gina Bramhill<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Being Human<\/em>) as Honey.<\/p>\n<p><em>During the course of 1 brutal and hilarious evening, George, a school professor, and his spouse Martha invite a younger couple again for late-night drinks after a school celebration. As the alcohol flows, the friends are coerced into witnessing and collaborating in George and Martha\u2019s sadistic game-playing and vitriolic verbal scrapping which reaches its climax in a momentous revelation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>First staged on Broadway in 1962,\u00a0<em>Who\u2019s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?<\/em>\u00a0was quickly established as one of many nice performs in post-war American drama, winner of the Tony and Critics\u2019 Circle Awards for Best New Play. Its repute was additional enhanced by Mike Nichols\u2019 multi Academy Award profitable 1966 movie adaptation, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Sixty years on from its premiere, it&#8217;s now seen as probably the most influential and extremely regarded performs in American literature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Theatre Royal Bath Productions\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>presentation of<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>Who\u2019s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by\u00a0<strong>Edward Albee<\/strong>\u00a0is directed by\u00a0<strong>Lindsay Posner<\/strong>. The Set and Costume Designer is\u00a0<strong>Paul Wills<\/strong>, Lighting Designer is\u00a0<strong>Paul Pyant<\/strong>, Sound Designer is\u00a0<strong>Gregory Clarke<\/strong>, Assistant Director is\u00a0<strong>George Jibson<\/strong>, Casting Director is\u00a0<strong>Ginny Schiller<\/strong>, Movement and Fight Director is\u00a0<strong>Ruth Cooper-Brown<\/strong>\u00a0and Dialect Coach is\u00a0<strong>Michaela Kennen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Theatre Royal Bath Productions current\u00a0Edward Albee\u2019s masterpiece\u00a0Who\u2019s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?\u00a0on the Ustinov Studio in Bath from 13 January to 11 February 2023, directed by\u00a0Lindsay Posner. The beforehand introduced\u00a0Elizabeth McGovern\u00a0(Downton Abbey,\u00a0Academy Award nominated for\u00a0Ragtime)\u00a0will play Martha, alongside\u00a0Dougray Scott\u00a0(Enigma, Mission: Impossible 2)\u00a0as George. 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