Full casting has been announced for the world premiere of Howard Brenton’s new play, Cancelling Socrates, running at Jermyn Street Theatre from 2 June-2 July.

The production will feature an all-star, multi-award winning cast comprising: Olivier Award nominee Jonathan Hyde as Socrates, double Olivier Award, Evening Standard Award and Critics Circle Award winner Janie Dee as Aspasia,  Ian Charleson Award commended Hannah Morrish as Xanthippe and UK Theatre award nominee Robert Mountford as Euthyphro / Gaoler.

Today, Socrates is revered as the founding father of Western philosophy. But in 399BC Athens, he was a pain in the neck. The plague is over, democracy is (just about) restored, and everyone would like to getback to normal. How hard is it for one ageing firebrand to stop asking questions? It’s time to shut him up… 

Based on eyewitness accounts, Cancelling Socrates is provocative, witty and gripping.  Howard Brenton is one of our foremost dramatists, with his acclaimed plays staged at the National Theatre, RSC, Shakespeare’s Globe, and worldwide.

Cancelling Socrates is directed by Tom Littler, with set and costume design by Issy Van Braeckel, lighting by William Reynolds, and sound by Max Pappenheim and Ali Taie. 

Tom Littler said: "Howard Brenton's new play is in exceptionally talented hands with this quartet of brilliant actors. It's a pleasure to welcome Hannah Morrish and Robert Mountford back to JST, and to see Janie Dee and Jonathan Hyde making their debuts here after following their careers with admiration for a long time. They'll bring out the wit, intellectual spark and poignant humanity of this remarkable drama."

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