This year's big-name West End casting is getting into its stride now, and after her
all-conquering
Gypsy Imelda Staunton is one of the biggest; although, having long
been a stage stalwart the amount of seasons Conleth Hill has managed to survive in
Game of Thrones must have made him a draw to much of the audience as well.
Add Luke Treadaway and you've got a high-powered cast for James Macdonald's revival
of a 20th century American classic. Edward Albee's
Who's Afraid of Virginia
Woolf? is the archetypal story of a toxic marriage imploding but, as slowly
becomes apparent over one very long night, the situation is even more twisted than
it initially appears. George (Hill) is a History lecturer at a small East Coast
university, and as his wife Martha (Staunton) is the daughter of the all-powerful
college president, it might be expected that he'd have easily advanced in his
career.
