Last modified on Wed 9 Jun 2021 06.02 EDT
A new stage version of the TV hit The Windsors will star Harry Enfield both as and at the Prince of Wales when it opens at the theatre of that name in the West End this summer.
Announced on Wednesday, The Windsors: Endgame will run for 10 weeks and feature other actors reprising their roles from the anarchic Channel 4 comedy about monarchical life. Further casting has not yet been confirmed.
Written by the creators of the TV series, George Jeffrie and Bert Tyler-Moore, it promises “songs, sword fights and snogging competitions” with a plot that includes “Wills challenging his father for the crown and Camilla determined to see him off and rule the land with an iron fist”. The synopsis adds that Harry and Meghan are beckoned back from America and asks how Beatrice and Eugenie can “clear their father Prince Andrew’s name”.
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It has been a hard coming for this RSC
Winter’s Tale but, mirroring the action of the play itself, considerable travail has brought forth a happy ending. Erica Whyman’s production was cancelled by the virus days before its premiere last spring, with plans to stage it in the autumn frustrated by the second lockdown.
It has been a hard coming for this RSC
Winter’s Tale but, mirroring the action of the play itself, considerable travail has brought forth a happy ending. Erica Whyman’s production was cancelled by the virus days before its premiere last spring, with plans to stage it in the autumn frustrated by the second lockdown. This broadcast version, retaining that original cast in full, is the first time that an RSC production has gone first to screen.