Crown Matrimonial
FABIAN PRODUCTIONS LTD, ACT PRODUCTIONS LTD AND ST. ELMO PRODUCTIONS PRESENT THE YVONNE ARNAUD THEATRE, GUILDFORD’S PRODUCTION OF
CROWN MATRIMONIAL WITH
PATRICIA ROUTLEDGE as QUEEN MARY
BY ROYCE RYTON
DIRECTED BY DAVID GRINDLEY
Patricia Routledge stars in a brand new production of Royce Ryton’s CROWN MATRIMONIAL. Opening in Guildford on Wednesday 4 June, CROWN MATRIMONIAL tours to Bath, Bromley, Richmond, Malvern, Brighton and Manchester prior to a West End transfer.
CROWN MATRIMONIAL, Royce Ryton’s compelling drama, focuses on the crisis that faces the nation when Edward VIII declares his deep love for Wallis Simpson. Unswayed by the prospect of public scandal, family upheaval and even abdication, he is insistent that he will marry the woman he loves.
Set in Marlborough House in 1936, this unique insight into the domestic life of the Royal Family shows the volatile relationship between Queen Mary and her son King Edward VIII caused by his love affair, and mirrors the other great royal constitutional crisis in 1997 so memorably portrayed in the film The Queen.
Known to millions throughout the world as the redoubtable Hyacinth in Keeping Up Appearances and as Hetty in Hetty Wainthrop Investigates, Patricia Routledge is one of Britain’s most distinguished actresses, regarded for her work in theatre, film, television and radio. Her recent stage performances include the 2007 UK Tour of Office Suite, The Best of Friends (UK Tour), The Solid Gold Cadillac, at the Garrick Theatre, White Orchids, by Jean Anouilh, at the Chichester Festival Theatre and The Importance of Being Earnest, at Chichester, in the West End and on tour in Australia
CROWN MATRIMONIAL is directed by Tony Award nominee David Grindley whose credits include the forthcoming 2008 UK tour of Blackbird, Pygmalion (with Claire Danes and Jefferson Mays – Roundabout Theatre Company), Honour (Wyndham's Theatre), What the Butler Saw (Hampstead Theatre and Criterion Theatre), National Anthems (Old Vic), Journey's End (Olivier Award nominated and Tony Award-winning revival, West End and Broadway) and Abigail's Party (Hampstead Theatre and West End).
Posted on Monday, 07 July 2008 under Press Theatre Press