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Dateline: 12th January, 2011

Hare at Sheffield

As already announced, Sheffield Theatres will run a season of plays by David Hare across all three theatres. David Hare will visit the theatres to read his own play Via Dolorosa in the Studio Theatre on Friday 18th February. Racing Demon will be directed by Sheffield Theatres' Artistic Director Daniel Evans and staged in the Crucible Theatre; Thea Sharrock will direct Plenty in the Studio Theatre and Peter Gill will direct The Breath of Life in the Lyceum Theatre.

Casting for the three productions has been announced:

Plenty
Studio
Thursday 3 - Saturday 26 February

Spanning three decades, David Hare's play is a powerful comment on post-war England, where ideals collapse and values collide.

Hattie Morahan leads the company as Susan Traherne. She will be joined by Bruce Alexander (Sir Leonard Darwin), Edward Bennett (Raymond Brock), Kirsty Bushell (Alice Park), Laura Carmicheal (Louise/Dorcas), Junix Inocian (Monsieur Aung), Youssef Kerkour (Frenchman), Jack Ryder (Mick/Begley), Lucy Sheen (Madame Aung).

The Breath Of Life
Lyceum
Wednesday 16 - Saturday 26 February

When celebrated novelist Frances Beale arrives at Madeleine Palmer's home, she is looking for a story. But not a work of fiction. She wants to hear the true story of how their lives became inextricably linked over forty years ago…

Isla Blair plays Frances and Patricia Hodge Madeleine.

Racing Demon
Crucible
Thursday 10 February - Saturday 5 March

The cast includes Matthew Cottle (The Rev Donald 'Streaky' Bacon), Jonathan Coy (The Rt Rev Charlie Allen, Bishop of Southwark), Estella Daniels (Stella Marr), Terry Doe (Head Waiter) Ian Gelder (The Rev Harry Henderson), Emma Hamilton (Frances Parnell) Mark Leadbetter (Tommy Adair), Jamie Parker (The Rev Tony Ferris), Paul Rattray (Ewan Gilmour), Malcolm Sinclair (The Rev Lionel Espy), Mark Tandy (The Rt Rev Gilbert Heffernan, Bishop of Kingston) and Jane Wymark (Heather Espy).

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