Complete cast announced for BEST OF ENEMIES at Young Vic

The Young Vic have announced the full cast and creative team for James Graham’s bold new play Best of Enemies, directed by Jeremy Herrin, in a co-production with Headlong, running from 2 December 2021-22 January 2022.

1968 – a year of protest that divided America. As two men fight to become the next President, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F Buckley Jr., and the iconoclastic liberal Gore Vidal. Beliefs are challenged and slurs slung as these political idols feud nightly in a new television format, debating the moral landscape of a shattered nation. Little do they know they're about to open up a new frontier in American politics, and transform television news forever...

Charles Edwards will play Gore Vidal and David Harewood will play William F. Buckley Jr. Completing the cast are Margo Cargill, Emilio Doorgasingh, Clare Foster, Tom Godwin, John Hodgkinson, Justina Kehinde, Syrus Lowe, Kevin McMonagle and Sam Otto.

Best of Enemies features set and costume design by Bunny Christie, lighting by Paule Constable, sound by Tom Gibbons, video by Luke Halls, and composition by Benjamin Kwasi Burrell.

Best of Enemies will also be broadcast live worldwide for four performances 20 – 22 January as part of Best Seat in Your House.

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