Suchet and McGovern Join Dreyfuss in Spacey Directed COMPLICIT at Old Vic
By: Eddie Varley Dec. 09, 2008
David Suchet and Elizabeth McGovern will join Richard Dreyfuss in the world premiere of Joe Sutton's new play Complicit to be directed by Kevin Spacey in-the-round at The Old Vic.
Complicit is a powerful American play that explores our current political climate. Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Ben Kritzer (Richard Drey fuss) is hauled before the Supreme Court where he faces the dilemma of defending his belief in the freedom of the press or protecting his family.
Elizabeth McGovern plays Judith Brown. Elizabeth has worked extensively in theatre, film and television. Her early film credits include Ordinary People with Robert Redford, Ragtime for which she was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, Lovesick with Dudley Moore, Once Upon a Time In America with Robert De Niro and Racing With the Moon alongside Sean Penn and Nicholas Cage. Elizabeth's more recent film credits include The Favor starring opposite Brad Pitt, Buffalo Soldiers with Joaquin Phoenix, House of Mirth and Wings of the Dove. On television, Elizabeth appeared in the ITV remake of A Room With A View and in the recent BBC flagship comedy Freezing with Hugh Bonneville and Tom Hollander.
David Suchet plays Roger Cowan. David is perhaps best known for his role as the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's Poirot. His other television work includes The Life of Freud, the BBC drama Victoria and Albert, Murder in Mind and Anthony Trollope's The Way We Live Now (BAFTA nomination). Recent television credits include Henry VIII opposite Ray Winstone and Helena Bonham Carter as well as Maxwell (Best Actor, 2008 International Emmy Awards). David's film credits include Executive Decision with Kurt Russell, A Perfect Murder with Michael Douglas, Flood with Robert Carlyle and The Bank Job with Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows. Aside from his television and film work, David has also worked extensively in theatre. His stage credits include the Royal Shakespeare Company productions of Troilus and Cressida, The Tempest and Othello. Other credits include Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the Aldwych Theatre (Critic's Circle Award), Separation at the Hampstead Theatre (Olivier Award nomination), Oleanna at the Royal Court Theatre (Best Actor, Royal Variety Club), and Amadeus at The Old Vic and on Broadway (Best Actor, Royal Variety Club Award, Tony nomination and Olivier Award nomination). Most recent theatre credits include Once In a Lifetime at the Royal National Theatre and The Last Confession at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.
Richard Dreyfuss plays Ben Kritzer. Richard Dreyfuss' career spans theatre, film and television. He can currently been seen in Oliver Stone's 2008 bio-pic W as the American Vice President Dick Cheney. His extensive film credits include Mr Holland's Opus for which he was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe, What About Bob? with Bill Murray and Tin Men with Danny DeVito. His stage credits include the Broadway productions of Death and The Maiden with Glenn Close and Gene Hackman and Sly Fox, and in the West End The Prisoner of Second Avenue. Other credits include The American President, Lost in Yonkers, Stakeout and Down and Out in Beverly Hills. Dreyfuss is perhaps best known for his roles in the blockbusters Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, both directed by Steven Spielberg. He was also the youngest actor of his time to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Goodbye Girl, for which he also won a BAFTA and Golden Globe.
Kevin Spacey is Artistic Director of The Old Vic Theatre Company. He directed its inaugural production Cloaca, before appearing in National Anthems, The Philadelphia Story, Richard II and A Moon for the Misbegotten, which subsequently transferred to the Brooks Atkinson Theater New York, and most recently in Speed-the-Plow with Jeff Goldblum. Previous theatre includes The Iceman Cometh (Evening Standard and Olivier Awards for Best Actor, and Tony Award nomination) directed by Howard Davies (Almeida, The Old Vic and Broadway); Lost in Yonkers (Tony Award, Best Supporting Actor); Long Day's Journey into Night, with Jack Lemmon, directed by Jonathan Miller (Broadway and West End). He also sometimes works in the film industry.
Playwright Joe Sutton has gained a reputation for provocative, contemporary and topical work. His
previous credits include Voir Dire (nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and the Best Play Award of the American Theatre Critics Association), As It Is in Heaven, The Benefits of Doubt, The Third Army, Special Interests, Restoring The Sun and Black Market.
Visit www.oldvictheatre.com for more information.
Photo: Kevin Spacey by Walter McBride
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