Pippa Bennett-Warner and Samuel Barnett Lead THE BEAUX' STRATAGEM, Opening Tonight at the National

The National Theatre presents THE BEAUX' STRATAGEM in its Olivier Theatre. Pippa Bennett-Warner will star as 'Dorinda' opposite Samuel Barnett as 'Mr Aimwell'.

Simon Godwin will direct the production, slated to open tonight, May 26, and playing through July 19, 2015.

Bennett-Warner last appeared onstage in THE WITNESS, directed by Godwin at the Royal Court.

The National's official description reads: "The 'Beaux': Mr Aimwell and Mr Archer, two charming, dissolute young men who have blown their fortunes in giddy London. Shamed and debt-ridden, they flee to provincial Lichfield. Their 'Stratagem': to marry for money. Lodged at the local inn, posing as master and servant, they encounter a teeming variety of human obstacles: a crooked landlord, a fearsome highwayman, a fervent French Count, a maid on the make, a drunken husband, a furious butler, a natural healer and a strange, turbulent priest. But their greatest obstacle is love. When the Beaux meet their match in Dorinda and Mrs Sullen they are most at risk, for in love they might be truly discovered. George Farquhar's final play is a fabulous carnal comedy."

Also in the cast are Esh Alladi, Jamie Beamish, Jane Booker, Cornelius Clarke, Susannah Fielding, Molly Gromadzki, John Hastings, Richard Henders, Lloyd Hutchinson, Chris Kelham, Nicholas Khan, Barbara Kirby, Ana-Maria Maskell, Amy Morgan, Pearce Quigley, Mark Rose, Chook Sibtain, Geoffrey Streatfeild and Timothy Watson.

THE BEAUX' STRATAGEM features designs by Lizzie Clachan, lighting by Jon Clark, music by Michael Bruce, sound by Christopher Shutt, movement direction by Jonathan Goddard, fight direction by Kevin McCurdy and dialect coaching by Michaela Kennen.

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