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Dateline: 17th February, 2008
Crown Matrimonial Revival Patricia Routledge is to star in a new production of Royce Ryton's 1972 play Crown Matrimonial. Opening in Guildford on Wednesday 4th June, the production then tours to Bath, Bromley, Richmond, Malvern, Brighton and Manchester prior to a West End transfer. Crown Matrimonial focuses on the crisis that faced the nation when Edward VIII declared his deep love for Wallis Simpson. Unswayed by the prospect of public scandal, family upheaval and even abdication, he is insistent that he will marry the woman he loves. Set in Marlborough House in 1936, this insight into the domestic life of the Royal Family shows the volatile relationship between Queen Mary and her son King Edward VIII caused by his love affair, and mirrors the other great royal constitutional crisis in 1997 portrayed in the film The Queen. Best known as the redoubtable Hyacinth in Keeping Up Appearances and as Hetty in Hetty Wainthrop Investigates, Patricia Routledge's recent stage performances include the 2007 UK Tour of Office Suite, The Best of Friends (UK Tour), The Solid Gold Cadillac at the Garrick Theatre, White Orchids by Jean Anouilh at the Chichester Festival Theatre and The Importance of Being Earnest at Chichester, in the West End and on tour in Australia Crown Matrimonial is directed by Tony Award nominee David Grindley whose credits include the forthcoming 2008 UK tour of Blackbird, Pygmalion (with Claire Danes and Jefferson Mays - Roundabout Theatre Company), Honour (Wyndham's Theatre), What the Butler Saw (Hampstead Theatre and Criterion Theatre), National Anthems (Old Vic), Journey's End (Olivier Award nominated and Tony Award-winning revival, West End and Broadway) and Abigail's Party (Hampstead Theatre and West End). Tour Dates
Philip Fisher interviewed David Grindley in 2001
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