Dame Harriet Wallter, who graced The Dukes stage in Lancaster in the '70s, is due to ‘appear’ again this summer.
She plays Brutus in an all-female cast of the Donmar Warehouse production of Julius Caesar, part of The Dukes summer Stage on Screen season on July 12.
Walter was the first former Dukes actor to become a Dame. She performed in panto at the Lancaster theatre in 1973 and went on to appear in another 12 productions until 1975.
Another of the Bard’s classics—Titus Andronicus—will be performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company and broadcast live into The Dukes on August 9 while Glyndebourne Opera’s version of Hamlet can be seen live on July 6.
Billie Piper stars in the National Theatre’s new production of Lorca’s Yerma screened live on August 31 and other National treats featuring in the season include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf starring Imelda Staunton on July 23 and Angels In America: Parts One and Two starring Andrew Garfield on July 20 and July 27 respectively.