Former Eastenders star Anita Dobson will make her Royal Shakespeare Company Debut later this year.
Dobson will join Desmond Barrit's Falstaff as Mistress Quickly in Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, directed by Philip Breen.
The production will be in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon from 25 October 2012 to 12 January 2013.