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Shakespeare’s Globe announces full casting for Anders Lustgarten’s new play The Secret Theatre in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

10 October 2017

Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to announce the full cast for the world premiere of Anders Lustgarten’s The Secret Theatre in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse directed by Matthew Dunster. As the nation’s relationship with Europe deteriorates and civil unrest grows, Elizabeth I’s spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, adopts extreme tactics to keep his queen and country safe. Set in a world of espionage, double-crossing and blackmail, The Secret Theatre asks what we are prepared to sacrifice to ensure our safety. Aidan McArdle will play Sir Francis Walsingham. Previous theatre work includes School for Scandal (Barbican), The White Devil (Menier Chocolate Factory), There Came a Gypsy Riding (Almeida), Great Expectations (Bristol Old Vic) and Anthony and Cleopatra (RSC). Television credits include The Fall (BBC), Humans (Channel 4), Sense 8 (Netflix), Mr Selfridge (ITV) and Quirke (BBC). Film credits include The Duchess, Me and Orson Welles, Killing Bono and Late Bloomers. Tara Fitzgerald will play Elizabeth I, returning to the Globe after appearing as Lady Macbeth in 2016. Tara’s recent stage credits include Gaslight (Northampton Royal), The Winter’s Tale (RSC), Broken Glass (West End), and A Doll’s House (Donmar). Screen credits include Churchill’s Secret (ITV), The Musketeers (BBC), Legend, Child 44 and Exodus: Gods and Kings. She recently played the role of Selyse Baratheon in HBO’s Game of Thrones. Abraham Popoola will play John Ballard, having appeared as Badvoc in the Globe’s production of Boudica this summer. He also won Best Actor in The Stage Debut Awards last month. Previous theatre work includes Othello (English Touring Theatre) and The Crossings Plays (Royal Court). The role of Pooley will be played by Edmund Kingsley. Edmund’s previous stage work includes Seven Acts of Mercy, Hecuba (RSC), The Keepers of Infinite Space (Park Theatre) and Dangerous Corner (Salisbury Playhouse). Television work includes Jekyll & Hyde, Breathless (ITV) and Life in Squares (BBC). Film credits include Madness in the Method, Interlude in Prague, Hernalsian Elysium and An Ordinary Man. Cassie Layton will play Frances. Cassie’s credits include Persuasion (Royal Exchange), Macbeth (Young Vic), Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare’s Globe), and Lovesick (Netflix). Radio work for the BBC includes Home Front, Cassandra at the Wedding, Pilgrim, Chiwawa, Clayton Grange and The Pursued. Colin Ryan will play the role of Phelippes. Colin’s recent theatre credits include Snow in Midsummer, Volpone, Love’s Sacrifice, The Jew of Malta (RSC), Macbeth, The Lightning Child (Shakespeare’s Globe). Television work includes Doctor Who (BBC). Ian Redford will play Sir William Cecil, Topcliffe and Palmer. He last appeared at the Globe in 2010’s Romeo & Juliet. Other theatre credits include Antigone (Royal Exchange), Branded (Old Vic) and All My Sons (Leicester Curve). His screen credits include King Charles III (BBC), New Tricks (BBC), Party Animals (BBC) and Coronation Street (ITV). The full cast comprises Tara Fitzgerald, Edmund Kingsley, Cassie Layton, Sam Marks, Aidan McArdle, David Partridge, Abraham Popoola, Ian Redford, Colin Ryan.

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EDITOR’S NOTES The Secret Theatre 16 November – 16 December 2017 Written by Anders Lustgarten Directed by Matthew Dunster Designed by Jon Bausor Press Night: Wednesday 22 November http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/theatre/whats-on/sam-wanamaker-playhouse/the-secret-theatre-2017 For more information please contact Lucy Butterfield: [email protected] / 020 7902 1468 or [email protected] / +44 (0)7966 567 701 Shakespeare’s Globe Booking: Phone +44 (0) 20 7401 9919 In person Mon-Sat 10am-6pm (8pm on performance days) Sundays 10am-5pm (7pm on performance days) Online www.shakespearesglobe.com Tickets £5 - £45 (Globe Theatre) £10 - £62 (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse) Patrons who are members of the free access scheme are eligible for adjusted ticket prices.

Shakespeare’s Globe: The Globe season runs from April to October, and this year

celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love. The season opened on 22 April with Romeo and Juliet, followed by the return of Jessica Swale’s Nell Gwynn in a co-production with English Touring Theatre. Followed by Emma Rice’s Twelfth Night, and a short run of Kneehigh’s acclaimed Tristan & Yseult. The season continued with Matthew Dunster’s Much Ado About Nothing, set in the Mexican revolution of 1911 and King Lear directed by Nancy Meckler. The season concludes with the world premiere of Tristan Bernays’ Boudica.

The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse: The candlelit Jacobean theatre at Shakespeare's Globe opened in January 2014. The 2017 winter season in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse is entitled ‘The Winter Selection’. The season opens with Romantics Anonymous, a new musical directed by Emma Rice, with book written by Emma Rice, lyrics by Christopher Dimond, and music by Michael Kooman, presented by special arrangement with Radio Mouse Entertainment. This will be followed by The Secret Theatre, a new play by Anders Lustgarten, directed by Matthew Dunster, and Apocalypse Meow: Crisis is Born, an alternative Christmas show from postpost-modern cabaret sensation Meow Meow. The new year brings a new production of All’s Well That Ends Well, directed by Caroline Byrne, and The Captive Queen, a reimagining of John Dryden’s Restoration drama Aurengzebe, directed by Barrie Rutter and co-produced with Northern Broadsides. The winter season closes with Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons – a reimagining, created by Gyre & Gimble and recomposed by Max Richter, and the return of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Matchgirl and Other Happier Tales, adapted and directed by Emma Rice, in coproduction with Bristol Old Vic.

Globe Education: One of the largest arts education departments in the UK; each year, over 100,000 people of all ages and nationalities participate in its public events,

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workshops and courses. Globe Education also runs extensive outreach programmes for students and teachers in the Southwark community, nationally and internationally.

Globe Exhibition & Tour: Open to the public all year round, the Globe Exhibition and Tour explores the life of Shakespeare, the London where he lived, and the theatre for which he wrote.

Globe On Tour: The Globe’s productions tour extensively in the UK and internationally. Tours in the 2016 season included: The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk and The Merchant of Venice.

Globe Player: A brand new online platform offering full-length HD films of over 50 Shakespeare productions at the Globe to rent or buy.

Globe On Screen: Shakespeare's Globe on Screen returns to cinemas in 2016, bringing highlights from the 2015 theatre season to cinemas worldwide. Globe on Screen 2016 featured The Merchant of Venice, Richard II and Measure for Measure, all captured in 'live' high definition. For more information contact [email protected]

Globe Shop: Stocks a variety of products, including theatre season-specific merchandise. All profits go towards supporting our educational mission.

The Swan Bar and Restaurant and the Foyer Café Bar: Open all year round, for reservations and more information please call 020 7928 9444 or visit loveswan.co.uk

The Shakespeare Globe Trust: Registered UK charity No. 266916. Shakespeare’s Globe receives no regular public subsidy.