For one night only West End Royalty : Maureen Lipman, Tom Conti and Anne Reid are to head the cast for a rehearsed reading of Peter Shaffer’s critically acclaimed play Lettice and Lovage.
Flamboyant tour guide, Lettice Douffet comes up against brusque traditionalist Charlotte Schoen from the Preservation Trust, for theatrically over-embellishing historical facts on her tours of Fustian House. These two eccentric ladies, through a shared desire to preserve the beauty of the past and following dramatic developments in Lettice’s living room, find themselves in a spot of trouble as solicitor, Mr Bardolph explains.
The play was written specifically for Dame Maggie Smith, who originated the title role of Lettice Douffet in 1987 in both the English and American runs of the production and earned her a Tony Award
Directed by Loveday Ingram. Produced by Miranda Hewitt.
It is being performed in aid of Alzheimer’s Research UK with kind permission by the Sir Peter Shaffer
Charitable Foundation. at 5.30pm on Sunday 24 March at the Ambassador’s Theatre, West St, London WC2H 9ND.
Tickets are available from £33.60 with this link:
https://www.atgtickets.com/shows/lettice-and-lovage/ambassadors-theatre/
Labels: 2024, alzheimers, Anne Reid, Fundraiser, Lettuce & Lovage, London, Maureen Lipman, Rehearsed Reading, Tom Conti
