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YES, PRIME MINISTER TRANSFERS TO THE WEST END ON 17th SEPTEMBER AT THE GIELGUD THEATRE
The world premiere of Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay’s play Yes, Prime Minister will open at the Gielgud Theatre, London on 17th September 2010, following a record-breaking run at Chichester Festival Theatre. The production will retain original cast members Henry Goodman as Sir Humphrey Appleby and David Haig as Prime Minister Jim Hacker.
Prime Minister Jim Hacker and Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby face a country in financial meltdown. The only prospect of salvation comes from morally dubious allies – leading to deliciously comic consequences.
Sir Humphrey Appleby is played by Henry Goodman whose recent theatre credits include Duet For One, Fiddler on the Roof and Feelgood. He received Olivier Awards for Best Actor in 1993 for Assassins, and in 2000 for Trevor Nunn’s production of The Merchant of Venice. Recent screen credits include the films The Damned United and the Ang Lee comedy Taking Woodstock.
Yes, Prime Minister stars David Haig who recently featured in the latest series of the award-winning BBC political comedy The Thick of It. His other screen credits include Mo, My Boy Jack (which he also wrote, originally for the stage), The Thin Blue Line and Four Weddings and a Funeral. Haig’s theatre credits include West End productions of Donkey’s Years, Mary Poppins and Hitchcock Blonde. He won an Olivier Award in 1988 for Actor of the Year in a New Play for Our Country’s Good.
Antony Jay has enjoyed a distinguished career as writer, broadcaster and producer. He was founder and editor of the BBC’s legendary Tonight programme, is the editor of The Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations, and author of Elizabeth R and two acclaimed documentaries on the Royal Family. He is a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.
Jonathan Lynn’s prolific career spans more than four decades as a director, screenwriter, producer and actor in films, television and theatre, as well as best-selling author and novelist. As well as co-writing, he will be directing this stage version of Yes, Prime Minister. His film credits as director include Wild Target (due for release this Spring), The Whole Nine Yards, The Fighting Temptations, The Distinguished Gentleman, My Cousin Vinny and Nuns on the Run (which he also wrote).