Full casting announced for RSC’s THE CONSTANT WIFE
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Full casting has been announced for the RSC’s new version of The Constant Wife by Laura Wade, based on the 1926 play by W. Somerset Maugham and directed by RSC Co-Artistic Director Tamara Harvey, running in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon between 20 June–2 August.
As previously announced, Rose Leslie makes her RSC debut in the role of Constance Middleton. Joining her will be Kate Burton (Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal) as Mrs Culver, Constance’s mother, Raj Bajaj (Tupperware of Ashes, National Theatre) as Bernard Kersal, Emma McDonald (Foreverland, Southwark Playhouse) as Marie-Louise Durham, Mark Meadows (Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Theatre Royal Bath) as Bentley, Daniel Millar (The Play That Goes Wrong, West End) as Mortimer Durham, Amy Morgan (Dear Octopus, National Theatre) as Martha, and Luke Norris (The Motive and the Cue, National Theatre) as John Middleton, with off-stage understudies Connor Going (Noises Off, Pitlochry Festival Theatre) and Jess Nesling (Henry V, Donmar Warehouse).
RSC Co-Artistic Director and Director of The Constant Wife, Tamara Harvey, said: “I am so excited to welcome our company for The Constant Wife to the rehearsal room, bringing together internationally renowned talent, new voices making their RSC debuts, as well as some familiar faces.
“We are thrilled to welcome Kate Burton, who received a Tony Award nomination for her portrayal of Constance on Broadway in 2005, and who now returns to the play as Constance’s mother Mrs. Culver. I can’t wait to discover what her experience of the play will bring to the room. Joining Kate and Rose in their RSC debuts are Amy Morgan and Emma McDonald. We are also delighted to welcome back familiar faces, including Raj Bajaj, who starred in our acclaimed production of The Buddha of Suburbia last year, as well as Mark Meadows, Daniel Millar, and Luke Norris. Thanks to the RSC’s flexible working practices, many members of our acting company are also parents, and we feel privileged that they have chosen to join us.”
Joining Wade and Harvey on the creative team are set and co-costume designer Anna Fleischle, co-costume designer Cat Fuller, lighting designer Ryan Day, composer Jamie Cullum, sound designer Claire Windsor, movement and intimacy director Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster, and casting director Charlotte Sutton CDG.