Douglas Henshall to star in '55 Days'

55 Days: full casting announced

Mark Gatiss’ King Charles I will be joined by Douglas Henshall who shall be taking on the role of Oliver Cromwell in Howard Brenton’s new play, 55 Days, which explores the dramatic aftermath of the English Civil War. The full cast will be as follows: Abigail Cruttenden, Daniel Flynn, Matthew Flynn, Richard Henders, Simon Kunz, Gerald Kyd, John Mackay, Jordan Mifsud, Gerard Monaco, Laura Rogers, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Jem Wall and James Wallace.

Directed by Howard Davies, 55 Days depicts the culmination of the mid-seventeenth century. In these dangerous and dramatic times, in a country exhausted by Civil War, the great men of the day were trying to think the unthinkable: to create a country without a king.

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More details from the Douglas Henshall blog at Live Journal:

Douglas Henshall will be joining Mark Gatiss in Howard Brenton’s new play, 55 Days at The Hampstead Theatre from October 18th 2012. Dougie is taking on the role of Oliver Cromwell and Mark Gatiss wil play King Charles I. The play explores the dramatic aftermath of the English Civil War.

The full cast will be as follows: Abigail Cruttenden, Daniel Flynn, Matthew Flynn, Richard Henders, Simon Kunz, Gerald Kyd, John Mackay, Jordan Mifsud, Gerard Monaco, Laura Rogers, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Jem Wall and James Wallace.

Directed by Howard Davies, 55 Days runs from October 18th, 2012 until November 24th, 2012. Book tickets here.

Douglas Henshall previously appeared at The Hampstead Theatre in 2004, playing the role of Thomas Huxley in Darwin in Malibu.

Source: Live Journal

Also reported by What's On Stage