Details

In an upstairs bedroom in a mansion near Versailles, Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor lies near the end of her life. Based on Caroline Blackwood's biographical portrait of the Duchess, the play's subject was soon eclipsed by the formidable attorney Maitre Suzanne Blum. Is this eccentric and energetic French presence determined to protect the Duchess - or perhaps hide unscrupulous manipulation of her money and fame?

Cast/Performers

Sheila Hancock (Suzanne Blum), Anna Chancellor (Caroline Blackwood), Angela Thorne (Lady Mosley), Conrad Asquith, Helen Bradbury, Jasmine Daniel, John Heffernan

Creatives/Company

Author: Nicholas Wright (based on the book by Caroline Blackwood)
Producer: Hampstead Theatre
Director: Richard Eyre
Design: Anthony Ward
Sound: John Leonard
Lighting: Peter Mumford