Jean Marsh Joins Cast of 'Boeing-Boeing' Oct. 1

Emmy award-winning Jean Marsh will join the cast of Matthew Warchus' hilarious and critically acclaimed West End comedy, Boeing-Boeing on October 1 to play long-suffering housekeeper Bertha.  Marsh will take over from Rhea Perlman and joins new cast members Tracy-Ann Oberman and Jennifer Ellison.  Elena Roger and Neil Stuke continue as Gabriella and Robert and Kevin McNally (who joins the cast on September 3) will play Bernard.  Boeing-Boeing is currently booking at the Comedy Theatre through January 2008.

Jean Marsh is best known for her Emmy award-winning portrayal of parlour maid Rose in the hugely popular "Upstairs Downstairs," which she co-created with Eileen Atkins.  Her other extensive television credits include "The House of Elliott," "Bremner," "Bird and Fortune," "Sensitive Skin" and the forthcoming "Sense and Sensibility."  Her theatre credits include The Old Country at the Trafalgar Studios, On the Rocks for Chichester Festival Theatre and Hamlet at the Oxford Playhouse and in the West End.  Her Broadway credits include Much Ado About Nothing, The Importance of Being Earnest, Uncle Vanya, Twelfth Night and Whose Life is it Anyway?

"Bernard, a successful architect living in Paris, thought he could easily cope with his three air hostess fiancées.  It was all a question of timetables and his reliable, long-suffering housekeeper Bertha who reluctantly has the role of romantic air-traffic controller. When old school chum Robert arrives, Bernard relishes the chance to show his wide-eyed friend his first-class operation at work.  Unfortunately, schedules change, flights are delayed and a new turbo-charged Boeing aircraft is introduced:  chaos ensues in this hysterical whirl of mayhem and matchmaking," describe press notes.

Translated by Beverley Cross from Mark Camoletti's original, Matthew Warchus' production of Boeing-Boeing opened at the Comedy Theatre in February and is designed by Rob Howell, with lighting by Hugh Vanstone, original music by Claire van Kampen and sound by Simon Baker.

The Comedy Theatre through January 26, 2008, is located at Panton Street, London SW1Y 4DN.  Boeing Boeing, currently booking until January 26, 2008 plays Mondays through Saturdays at 7:30PM, plus Thursday and Saturday matinees at 2:30PM.

Tickets (£15 - £45) are available by calling the box office at 0870 060 6637 or visit www.boeingboeing.co.uk