David Edgar’s Written on the Heart to Play West End’s Duchess Theatre in April

David Edgar’s Written on the Heart, which centers on the genesis of the King James Bible, will transfer from the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon to the West End’s Duchess Theatre, running April 19 – July 21, according to published reports. Gregory Doran, who staged the piece’s premiere, will once again direct.

The company in Stratford includes Bruce Alexander (George Abbot, Bishop of London), Jamie Ballard (Young Lancelot Andrewes), Stephen Boxer (William Tyndale), Paul Chahidi (Richard Thompson/William Laud), Laura Darrall (Nun), Oliver Ford Davies (Lancelot Andrewes), James Hayes (Laurence Chaderton/Archdeacon), Jim Hooper (John Overall), Youssef Kerkour (Painter), Joseph Kloska (Samuel Ward), Sam Marks (Henry, Prince of Wales), Annette McLaughlin (Squire’s Wife/Lady Alletta Carey), Jodie McNee (Mary Culler), Ian Midlane (Churchwarden), Mark Quartley (Young Catholic Priest/Harington), Daniel Stewart (Clerk), and Simon Thorp (Sir Henry Saville).

Edgar won a Tony Award for The Life and Adventure of Nicholas Nickleby. Among his many other plays are The Shape of the Table, Albert Speer, Playing with Fire, and Continental Divide.

Click here for more information and Written on the Heart tickets.