A benefit reading of Peter Shaffer's Tony-nominated Lettice and Lovage will be presented March 24 at London's Ambassadors Theatre to benefit Alzheimer's Research U.K.
The 5:30 PM performance will feature Maureen Lipman, Tom Conti, Anne Reid, Miranda Hewitt, and Cassandra Hodges. Loveday Ingram directs.
The play follows flamboyant tour guide Lettice Douffet, who comes up against brusque traditionalist Charlotte Schoen from the Preservation Trust for theatrically over-embellishing historical facts on her tours of Fustian House.
The play was written for Maggie Smith, who originated the role of Lettice Douffet in both London and New York. The Broadway staging played the Ethel Barrymore Theatre March-December 1990, winning Tony Awards for both Smith and co-star Margaret Tyzack.
Miranda Hewitt produces the upcoming benefit.
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