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Flare Path Set for Broadway Transfer?

Could the West End revival of Terence Rattigan’s wartime drama Flare Path be set for a transfer to New York later this year? According to media reports, the producers are in talks with their Broadway counterparts as the show, currently playing at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, agrees to extend its run till June 11, 2011. Flare Path is directed by the new Artistic Director of the Theatre Royal Haymarket Trevor Nunn.

Playwright Draws on Wartime Experiences
Flare Path Breaks Set at the height of the Second World War in 1942, Flare Path tells the story of the love triangle between Teddy, a young bomber pilot who is celebrating a reunion with his actress wife Patricia, and Peter, the dashing film star with whom she is having an affair. The action takes place at a hotel on the edge of an airfield in Lincolnshire. When Teddy is called away on an urgent bombing mission over Germany, Patricia finds herself at the centre of a passionate conflict of love and loyalty as unpredictable as the war itself. Playwright Terence Rattigan was himself a gunner and wireless operator for RAF Coastal Command during the war, and wrote the play during his time of service.

An All Star Cast at the Haymarket Theatre
Sienna Miller

Flare Path stars Sienna Miller, Sheridan Smith and James Purefoy in leading roles.

Sienna Miller has appeared on Broadway in After Miss Julie. Her other theatre credits include:  The Striker, Independence, As You Like It and Anthony Minghella's Cigarettes & Chocolate. On screen she has starred in films such as Layer Cake, Alfie and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.

Sheridan Smith recently won an Olivier Award for her performances as “Elle Woods” in Legally Blonde the Musical at the Savoy Theatre. Her other stage credits include Into the Woods at the Donmar Warehouse; A Midsummer Night’s Dream & The Taming of the Shrew at the Open Air Theatre Regent's Park and A Little Shop of Horrors at the Duke of York's Theatre. James Purefoy is best known for his TV role as “Marc Antony” in HBO’s TV series Rome. His theatre credits include Macbeth, The Tempest, and King Lear.

Flare Path Theatre Breaks

Posted by Ben on Monday 4th April 2011 at 2:41PM

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