Dench to Deal with Hay Fever in Spring West End Revival
By: BWW News Desk Jan. 26, 2006
Directed by Olivier Award-winner Sir Peter Hall, the revival will also feature Peter Bowles as John Standing, the novelist husband of Dench's character Judith Bliss, a flamboyant actress. Written in 1924, the farce is set on a country estate as each member of the unconventional Bliss family invites a guest to spend the weekend. Naturally, the guests are shocked, appalled and somewhat amused at the family's behavior.
Dench is considered by some to be the First Lady of the British Theatre, with countless stage, theatre and television appearances to her credit. She won a Tony Award for her work in Amy's View, and holds six Olivier Awards--for Pack of Lies, Antony and Cleopatra, A Little Night Music, Absolute Hell, Filumena, and Amy's View as well as special Olivier for her contributions to the British Theatre. An Academy Award-winner for Shakespeare in Love, she most recently appeared on London stages in the RSC's All's Well That Ends Well. She has previously been seen at the Haymarket in Breath of Life (opposite Dame Maggie Smith) and The Royal Family.
A Man of All Seasons, Robert Bolt's historical drama about Sir Thomas More, is currently playing the Haymarket.
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