Casting has been announced for Marylebone Theatre’s own realisation of an unfinished work by Friedrich Schiller entitled Dmitry.
Directed by Tim Supple and written by Peter Oswald, this new production will launch the new venue’s opening season, with showings from 29 September to 5 November 2022.
Based on the dramatist’s Schiller’s play Demetrius, which was left incomplete at his death, this poetic drama offers an evocative and poignant insight into the current crisis on Europe’s eastern borders encased within a 17th century setting.
The year is 1605—a period of oppression within Moscow under the rule of tsar Boris Gudonov, former chief of Ivan the Terrible’s secret police. Meanwhile, in Poland, a young man called Dmitry appears; a strong opponent who claims to be the missing son of Ivan the Terrible and rightful tsar of Russia. As the Russian threat looms, the Polish army takes up Dmitry’s cause to march on the Kremlin and capture the throne.
Tom Byrne, known for his role in The Crown, will play the title role. Joining the cast are Poppy Miller as Tsarina Maria (Dmitry’s mother), James Garnon as Cardinal Odowalsky, Piotr Baumann as Korela, Mark Hadfield as Prince Mnishek and Aurora Dawson-Hunte as Marina.
The cast is completed by Ammar Haj Ahmad, Daniel Hawksford, Oleg Mirochnikov, Daniel York Loh, Lev Levermore, Jonathan Oliver, Clifford Samuel and Phoebe Strickland.
Tickets are available for purchase on Marylebone Theatre’s website.
Words by Katie Heyes
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