The Old Vic announces GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS with all-female cast
The Old Vic has announced that a new all-female staging of David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Glengarry Glen Ross, directed by Tony Award winner, Patrick Marber, will play at the venue from 4 June–18 July.
Director Patrick Marber said: “Around this time last year, I had the good fortune to be directing Glengarry Glen Ross on Broadway. It’s a heck of a play to work on; hilarious, profound, obscene – a thrilling story with twists that make an audience gasp. It was written in the 1980s but it seems to me to be about our world right now. I'm very excited to be doing it again, this time as a premiere with an all-female cast. And I am honoured to be making my directing debut at the famous Old Vic with Mamet’s mighty play.”
Artistic Director of The Old Vic, Matthew Warchus, said: “Written in 1983, in the midst of Margaret Thatcher’s and Ronald Reagan’s radical shift to free-market capitalism, David Mamet's razor-sharp classic, Glengarry Glen Ross portrays the dog-eat-dog culture of a world driven by ruthless competition. I'm excited to see Patrick Marber bring fresh immediacy to this breathlessly gripping play, with an all-female cast revealing new resonances for audiences.”
‘But what should I tell them?’
‘The truth, George. Always tell the truth. It’s the easiest thing to remember.’
A fly-by-night office in Chicago. A brutal sales competition:
Top dog wins a Cadillac. Second wins a set of steak knives. Third and fourth get fired.
Four real estate agents cheat, fight and steal to come out on top — but can any of them win?
The production will feature set and costume design by Rob Howell, lighting by Sally Ferguson, casting by Helena Palmer CDG, wigs, hair & make up by Campbell Young Associates, voice coaching by Charlie Hughes-D'Aeth, and dialect coaching by Danièle Lydon.
Casting is to be announced.
Tickets for Glengarry Glen Ross go on general sale tomorrow (14 April) at 12pm here.
