Royal Shakespeare Company artistic director Gregory Doran will direct the final production in the Roaring Girls season at Stratford, The Witch of Edmonton, with Eileen Atkins returning to the company to play Elizabeth Sawyer.
The Witch of Edmonton is a rarely-performed Jacobean domestic tragedy by Dekker, Ford and Rowley.
Eileen Atkins last performed with the RSC in 1997 in The Unexpected Man by Yasmina Reza, which had its RSC première in The Pit at the Barbican before transferring to the West End.
Her many credits include the BBC TV drama Cranford, for which she won a BAFTA and an Emmy in 2008.
The play is set in the village of Edmonton. Elizabeth Sawyer is derided by her neighbours who accuse her of being a witch. Selling her soul to the Devil, she seeks revenge on all who have wronged her.
The rest of the cast is Joseph Arkley (Warbeck), Joe Bannister (Somerton), Ian Bonar (Frank Thorney), Elspeth Brodie (Katherine), Faye Castelow (Susan), Liz Crowther (Anne Ratcliffe), Oliver Dench (morris dancer), Geoffrey Freshwater (Old Thorney), Shvorne Marks (Winnifride), Christopher Middleton (Old Banks), Michael Moreland (Old Ratcliffe), Ian Redford (Old Carter), David Rintoul (Sir Arthur Clarington), Jay Simpson (Dog), Timothy Speyer (Justice) and Dafydd Llyr Thomas (Cuddy Banks).
The Witch of Edmonton is designed by Niki Turner. Lighting designer is Tim Mitchell and music is by Paul Englishby. Sound is by Jonathan Ruddick and movement by Michael Ashcroft.
The Witch of Edmonton previews from Thursday 23 October. Press night is Wednesday 29 October. It will play in repertoire with The White Devil until 29 November.