On 20 March 2018 a new production of Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan will be broadcast live in cinemas across Edinburgh.
The cast includes the inimitable Jennifer Saunders as the Duchess of Berwick, and double Olivier Award winner Samantha Spiro as Mrs Erlynne. Previously Ms Spiro played a young Barbara Windsor in the BBC drama Babs.
Kevin Bishop will play Lord Darlington and there are some names to note among the rest of the cast. This is the second production of the Classic Spring Theatre Company’s year long Wilde season at the Vaudeville Theatre in London. A Woman of No Importance was broadcast live in the same way in November 2017.
Dominic Dromgoole, Artistic Director of Classic Spring, comments: “Oscar Wilde was a lover of the modern in all its forms, and I’m sure the idea that his plays could now be broadcast live to so many people, in so many places, would have delighted him. We are very pleased that these glorious plays are going to reach an even wider audience and have life beyond their runs in the West End.”
More2Screen will also broadcast the final two productions of Classic Spring’sOscar Wilde Season from the Vaudeville Theatre to cinemas nationwide: An Ideal Husband on Tuesday 5 June 2018 and The Importance of Being Earnest on Tuesday 9 October 2018. Cinema tickets for the live broadcasts are now on sale at OscarWildeCinema.com
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