Kim Cattrall and Janet Suzman to Star in London Whose Life Is It Anyway?

By James Inverne
26 Oct 2004

Kim Cattrall
Kim Cattrall
photo by Aubrey Reuben

Full casting has been announced for the new West End production of Brian Clark’s play Whose Life Is It Anyway?.

The show, originally a hit in London and New York for Tim Conti (who won the 1979 Tony for Best Actor), is to be staged with a woman in the lead — played by “Sex and the City" star Kim Cattrall.

Peter Hall will direct the show at the Comedy Theatre with previews beginning Jan. 7, 2005, and opening night set for Jan. 25. Sonia Friedman and Mark Rubinstein will produce the limited 16-week run.

The cast also includes Janet Suzman, Anne Mitchell, William Chubb, Amita Dhiri, Alexander Siddig, Jotham Annan, Rachel Bavidge and Emma Lowndes.

Cattrall, who plays bed-ridden Claire Harrison (the character was originally Ken Harrison), has a theatrical background. She made her Broadway debut in 1986 as Sofya opposite Ian McKellen in the National Theatre’s production of Chekhov’s Wild Honey. Subsequent theatre work includes a Dramalogue Award for Chekhov’s Three Sisters, Arthur Miller’s A View From The Bridge and rep in Vancouver, Toronto and Chicago.

Clark’s other plays include Kipling, which was on Broadway in 1984, and The Petition, which was there in 1986. The Petition won Tonys for Best Actor (Hume Cronyn) and Best Actress (Jessica Tandy) and was also directed by Hall.

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