Findlay, Barber, Button and Galloway Added to Dench and Pike Led Madame de Sade

Frances Barber, Fiona Button, Deborah Findlay, and Jenny Galloway have been announced for the Michael Grandage production of Yukio Mishima's 1965 Japanese play Madame de Sade. The play stars Dame Judi Dench and Roasmund Pike.

Preview performances begin March 13th, 2009, as part of the Donmar Warehouse's current residency at Wyndham's Theatre. The play officially opens March 18th and continues through May 23rd.

Madame de Sade will be presented in a translation by Donald Keene, tells the story of five women who were affected by the debauchery of the Marquis de Sade. Dench plays the Marquis' mother-in-law, Madame de Montreuil.

The Donmar just opened Grandage's production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

Next up will be Tony Award winner Ian McDiarmid's Be Near Me, January 22nd.-March 14th.

Under the artistic leadership of Michael Grandage, the Donmar Warehouse has presented some of London's most memorable award-winning theatrical experiences, as well as garnered critical acclaim at home and abroad. Over the last 16 years the theatre has created reputation associated with artistic excellence: it has showcased the talent of some of the industry's premier creative artists, and built an unparalleled catalogue of work. Donmar-generated productions have received 30 Olivier Awards, 15 Critics' Circle Awards, 15 Evening Standard Awards, and 13 Tony Awards from nine Broadway productions.

www.donmarwarehouse.com

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