Full cast announced for David Lan’s new play THE LAND OF THE LIVING at National Theatre
The National Theatre has announced full casting for The Land of the Living, a new play by former Artistic Director of the Young Vic, David Lan, which runs in the Dorfman theatre from 9 September-1 November.
Directed by Stephen Daldry, Olivier Award-winner Juliet Stevenson (The Doctor) and Tom Wlaschiha (Game of Thrones) play Ruth and Thomas respectively in this timely new play that is immersed in the shapeshifting nature of memory and morality.
Completing the cast are Atilla Akinci, Kate Duchêne, Michael Fox, Hubert Hanowicz, Caroline Loncq, Avital Lvova, Michael Marcus, Anastasia Martin, Marek Oravec, Cosima Shaw and Sasha Syzoneko, with young performers Darcy Tosun, Artie Wilkinson-Hunt and Anton Vehring.
Writer David Lan and director Stephen Daldry are joined on the creative team by set designer Miriam Buether, costume designer Nicky Gillibrand, lighting designer James Farncombe, sound designer Gareth Fry, composer Paul Englishby, movement director Paul McGill, fight and intimacy director Maisie Carter, casting director Naomi Downham, dialect and language coach Victoria Woodward, and voice coach Cathleen McCarron.
Germany, 1945. Thomas, one of thousands of children stolen by the Nazis from Eastern Europe during WWII, is under the care of Ruth, a UN relief worker. Should she try to find his parents or leave him with those he’s grown up with? The choice she makes will shape his life. Years later, Thomas visits Ruth. As they untangle the past, the decisions Ruth made as a very young woman are called powerfully into question.