Sian Brooke to Play Juliet to Matthew Rhys’ Romeo at RSC
By James Inverne
01 Dec 2003
The West End has been remarkably successful in recent seasons in finding
brilliant young actresses not long out of drama school.
The slew of starlets has been astonishing. Peter Hall, ever a
keen unearther of new talents (he's previously championed Victoria Hamilton,
currently appearing in Sweet Panic at the Duke Of York's), discovered
the impressive Emily Blunt for The Royal Family last year at the
Haymarket—a youngster who managed not to pale next to the shining lights
of Judi Dench, Harriet Walter and Julia McKenzie. Then came Lisa Dillon,
superbly manipulating Patrick Stewart in The Master Builder at the
Albery this season.
Now RSC director Peter Gill reckons he's found another one. Sian Brooke has
been lined up to play Juliet to Matthew Rhys's Romeo for the company. The
production will start at Stratford on March 25, 2004. Despite graduating from RADA
only last year, Brooke has already been seen in Franco Zeffirelli's
production of Pirandello's Absolutely (Perhaps) and is also set to
take the lead in Joanna Laurens's new RSC play, Poor Beck.
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