The Female of the species

Roger Michell will direct a cast led by Eileen Atkins in Joanna Murray-Smith’s latest play, The Female of the Species, opening at the Vaudeville Theatre on 16 July 2008.

Margot Mason is a literary giant on a deadline.  When an uninvited fan arrives unexpectedly at her home, followed by her family and friends, Margot's feminist world begins to spiral hilariously out of control...

The Female of the Species is Australian writer Joanna Murray-Smith’s first full-length comedy.   In 2003 her play Honour, starring Eileen Atkins and Corin Redgrave, debuted at the National Theatre. A production starring Diana Rigg and Martin Jarvis was later seen in the West End.  Earlier this year Trevor Nunn directed Iain Glenn and Imogen Stubbs in Murray-Smith’s Scenes from a Marriage at the Belgrade Theatre Coventry.  In 2004 Caroline O’Connor starred in Murray-Smith’s Bombshells which transferred to the Arts Theatre from the Edinburgh Festival.   Her other plays include Ninety, Rapture, Nightfall, Love Child, Flame and Redemption, the later was subsequently recorded for BBC Radio.

Vaudeville Theatre

404 The Strand

London WC2R 0NH

16 July 2008 -initial booking period until 4 October 2008

Performances:        

 Tuesday – Saturday at 7.30pm

Matinees Wednesdays & Saturdays at 2.30pm (please note there are no matinees on Saturday 12 or Wednesday 16 July)

www.thefemaleofthespecies.co.uk