Ring Round the Moon posts closing notices
Preview by Lizzie Guilfoyle
THE REVIVAL of Jean Anouilh’s 1947 comedy, Ring Round the Moon, has posted early closing notices at the Playhouse Theatre. Originally booking until May 24, it will now close on March 29, 2008.
As yet, no further productions have been announced.
Previously Posted: A Revival of Jean Anouilh’s 1947 comedy, Ring Round the Moon, opens on February 19, 2008 (previews from February 5) at the Playhouse Theatre where it’s initially booking until May 24, 2008.
The tale, set around a lavish ball at a chateau, centres on twin brothers, an heiress who’s engaged to one twin but in love with the other, and a ballet dancer involved in a plot devised by the more devious brother.
Sean Mathias will direct a cast that includes Angela Thorne, Belinda Lang, Peter Eyre, John Ramm, Elisabeth Dermot Walsh, Joanna David, Andrew Havill, Fiona Button and JJ Field. Design is by Colin Richmond.
Ring Round the Moon, translated from the French L’Invitation au Chateau by Christopher Fry, received its West End premiere at the Globe Theatre (now the Gielgud) in 1950. It starred Paul Scofield, Claire Bloom and Margaret Rutherford.
Anouilh’s other plays include Becket, Antigone, Eurydice, The Waltz of the Toreadors and Time Remembered.