Overview
- The adaptation is written by Joel Horwood and Maria Åberg and will be directed by Michael Longhurst, formerly of the Donmar Warehouse.
- Simon Friend is producing through his Melting Pot company alongside Page’s A Mighty Stranger banner, with Page attached as star and producer.
- Producers plan to begin performances this fall once a venue is confirmed, and additional casting will be announced after a theater is secured.
- Longhurst characterizes the production as political and probing, emphasizing themes of capitalism, social mobility, and race, and naming Tom Buchanan a white supremacist.
- Page highlights the script’s sharpened social critique and reunites with Longhurst, who directed his early stage work at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre.