Laura Linney Makes London Theatre Debut in Solo Show June 2 | Playbill

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Stage and screen star Laura Linney, last on Broadway in a Tony-nominated turn in The Little Foxes, makes her London theatre debut beginning June 2 in Elizabeth Strout's My Name Is Lucy Barton.

Directed by Richard Eyre, the production will run through June 23 at the Bridge Theatre with an official opening set for June 6.

The monologue play is adapted by Rona Munro from Strout’s 2016 New York Times best-selling short novel of the same name. The limited engagement also features designs by Bob Crowley.

Unsteady after an operation, Lucy Barton wakes to find her mother sitting at the foot of her bed. She hasn’t seen her in years, and her visit brings back her desperate rural childhood and her escape to New York. As she begins to find herself as a writer, she is still gripped by the complexities of family life.

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The production reunites Linney and Eyre following their previous collaborations: Eyre directed Linney in a Broadway revival of The Crucible (for which she earned a Tony nod) and in his and Charles Wood’s film adaptation of Bernhard Schlink’s The Other Man.

Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Linney was also Tony-nominated for her performances in Time Stands Still and Sight Unseen.

(Updated June 2, 2018)
 
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