Jenny Seagrove to return to Theatre Royal Windsor in THE ANASTASIA FILE
Theatre Royal Windsor has announced casting for the return of Royce Ryton’s acclaimed thriller, The Anastasia File, which plays at the Windsor venue from 30 September - 3 October as part of its tour.
Jenny Seagrove (A Woman of Substance, Portman-Artemis Productions) reprises her role as Mrs Manahan, alongside Simon Shepherd (Peak Practice, Central Independent Television) as The Inspector. They are joined by returning cast members Ashley D. Gayle and Rosie Thomson.
A new twist on one of history’s greatest mysteries…
July 1918. Tsar Nicholas II and his family are brutally executed by the Bolsheviks in Ekaterinburg. Two years later in Berlin, a woman is pulled from a canal after a failed attempt to take her own life and is placed in an institutional facility.
As Doctors and police puzzle over her identity, she slowly begins to reveal details about her past that bring about the suspicion that she may in fact be the Grand Duchess Anastasia, the heir to the Romanov fortune.
Inspired by the true story of Anne Manahan, whose thirty-year battle for recognition as the last surviving Romanov was one of the most popular historical mysteries of the twentieth century.
Memory, fact and fiction intertwine in this thrilling and moving play that will keep you guessing until the curtain falls.
The production is directed by Roy Marsden, with lighting by Nick Richings, and sound by Dan Samson.
The production opens at Theatre Royal Newcastle from 15-19 September before returning to Windsor, and continuing to tour to Salisbury, Malvern, and Guildford.
Jenny Seagrove said: “I am thrilled to be playing Anastasia Romanov again and to be sharing her fascinating story with audiences around the country. It is a story that gripped me from the first time I read about her and she continues to intrigue me. With a wonderful cast alongside me, I hope audiences will feel equally fascinated!”