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Dateline: 3rd November, 2006

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Coram Boy poster
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National Theatre Casting Update

Thérèse Raquin
Charlotte Emmerson plays the title role in Zola's Thérèse Raquin, directed by Marianne Elliott and opening at the Lyttelton on 13th November. The full cast is: Timothy Allsop, Judith Coke, Michael Culkin, Ben Daniels (as Laurent), Charlotte Emmerson (as Thérèse), Mark Hadfield, Rendah Heywood, Chris Johnston, Patrick Kennedy (as Camille), Emma Lowndes and Judy Parfitt (as Madame Raquin).

Waves
The company for Waves, a work devised by Katie Mitchell and the Company from the text of Virginia Woolf's novel, The Waves, is: Kate Duchêne, Michael Gould, Anastasia Hille, Kristin Hutchinson, Sean Jackson, Liz Kettle, Paul Ready and Jonah Russell. The multi-media production opens at the Cottesloe on 16th November.

Coram Boy
The cast for Melly Still's production of Coram Boy, returning to the Olivier after its original sell-out run with a press night on 7th December, is: Clare Burt, Bertie Carvel, Abby Ford, Ruth Gemmell, Rebecca Johnson, Debbie Korley, Inika Leigh Wright, Stuart McLoughlin, Sharon Maharaj, Jenni Maitland, Katherine Manners, Tim McMullan, Deeivya Meir, Justine Mitchell, William Scott-Masson, Adam Shipway, Hannah Storey, Nicholas Tizzard, Al Weaver and Kelly Williams.

The History Boys in the West End
The National Theatre production of The History Boys, Alan Bennett's multi-award-winning play, will open at Wyndham's Theatre on 21st December (with a press night on 3rd January). The 17-week West End engagement follows the production's second UK tour; prior to that were two sell-out seasons at the National Theatre, an international tour to Hong Kong, New Zealand and Australia, and a sell-out season on Broadway. The production is directed by Nicholas Hytner and recreated by Simon Cox.

Stephen Moore plays Hector, with Isla Blair as Mrs Lintott, William Chubb as the Headmaster and Orlando Wells as Irwin. The boys are played by Owain Arthur, Ben Barnes (Dakin), Philip Correia (Rudge), Marc Elliott, Thomas Morrison (Scripps), Akemnji Ndifornyen, David Poynor and Steven Webb (Posner); the cast also includes Ben Allen, Tina Gray, Derek Howard, Duncan Patrick and Stephen Uppal.

The Seafarer on tour
Following its run in the Cottesloe, Conor McPherson's play The Seafarer will tour with its original cast (Ron Cook, Conleth Hill, Karl Johnson, Michael McElhatton and Jim Norton), visiting: Theatre Royal, Brighton (6th-10th February); Theatre Royal, Bath (13th-17th February); Cambridge Arts Centre (20th-24th February); Warwick Arts Centre (27th February-3rd March); The Lowry, Salford Quays (6th-10th March); and Theatre Royal, Newcastle (13th-17th March).

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