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The Constant Wife at The RSC

  • Writer: ann-evans
    ann-evans
  • 3 days ago
  • 2 min read
The Constant Wife.
The Constant Wife.

The Constant Wife by Laura Wade. Based on the play by W. Somerset Maugham. Directed by Tamara Harvey. At the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon from Friday 20 June – Saturday 2 August.

Preview 

 

RSC Co-Artistic Director Tamara Harvey and playwright Laura Wade reunite after their Olivier Award-winning collaboration, Home, I’m Darling, to reimagine W. Somerset Maugham’s subversive comedy, The Constant Wife, in a sparkling new version featuring original music by multi award-winning jazz artist Jamie Cullum.


Constance has everything. A loving family, a beautiful home, a fulfilling career, and a husband as devoted to her as he is to his mistress. When her perfect set up is threatened, Constance fights back but refuses to play by the rules. Can she withstand society’s expectations? And can society withstand the force of a woman determined to do things her own way?


Rose Leslie plays Constance. Photo credit the artist.
Rose Leslie plays Constance. Photo credit the artist.

Rose Leslie (Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey, Vigil) plays Constance, a 1920s heroine with a decidedly modern spirit. Kate Burton (Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal) joins Rose Leslie in making their RSC debut as Mrs Culver in The Constant Wife. Amy Morgan and Emma McDonald also make RSC debuts as Martha Culver and Marie-Louise Durham.

Returning to the RSC are Luke Norris (Poldark), Raj Bajaj (The Buddha of Suburbia), Mark Meadows (The Magician’s Elephant) and Daniel Millar (Twelfth Night).


Kate Burton plays Mrs Culver. Photo credit the artist.
Kate Burton plays Mrs Culver. Photo credit the artist.

The full company comprises: Raj Bajaj (Bernard Kersal), Kate Burton (Mrs Culver), Connor Going (Off-stage understudy), Rose Leslie (Constance Middleton), Emma McDonald (Marie-Louise Durham), Mark Meadows (Bentley), Daniel Millar (Mortimer Durham), Amy Morgan (Martha), Jess Nesling (Off-stage understudy) and Luke Norris (John Middleton).


The Constant Wife. First day of rehearsals. Photo credit Johan Persson.
The Constant Wife. First day of rehearsals. Photo credit Johan Persson.

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.

Full biographies can be found on the RSC website.


This production is commissioned by and presented in association with David Pugh Limited.

For tickets please call the Box Office on 01789 331111 or visit: https://www.rsc.org.uk/the-constant-wife/

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