Cause Celebre tickets at the Old Vic Theatre starring Anne-Marie Duff

Production photos of Terence Rattigan's Cause Celebre at the Old Vic Theatre [caption id="" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Anne-Marie Duff in Cause Celebre at the Old Vic"][/caption] Thea Sharrock (Blithe Spirit) directs Terence Rattigan’s final play, Cause Celebre at the Old Vic Theatre, starring Anne-Marie Duff and Niamh Cusack. The play is based on the  true story of Alma Rattenbury (Anne-Marie Duff), who was put on trial in 1935 along with her 18-year-old lover, accused of killing her husband. Vilified by the public as much for her seduction of a younger man as the murder of her husband, the play examines the role of passion, guilt and loyalty in 1930s England. Niamh Cusack plays socially and sexually repressed jury forewoman of the trial, Edith Davenport. The play also stars Lucy Black, Timothy Carlton, Simon Chandler, Richard Clifford, Oliver Coopersmith, Rory Fleck-Byrne, Freddie Fox, Jenny Galloway, Patrick Godfrey, Nicholas Jones, Tommy McDonnell, Lucy Robinson, Tristan Shepherd, Richard Teverson, Sarah Waddell, Michael Webber and Tristram Wymark. LINKS Book tickets to Cause Celebre at the Old Vic Theatre in London Cause Celebre – news and photos

A round-up of reviews for Cause Celebre at the Old Vic Theatre in London [caption id="" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Anne-Marie Duff in Cause Celebre at the Old Vic"][/caption] Terence Rattigan's final play, Cause Celebre, has opened at the Old Vic Theatre in London starring Anne-Marie Duff and Niamh Cusack. The play is based on the  true story of Alma Rattenbury (Anne-Marie Duff), who was put on trial in 1935 along with her 18-year-old lover, accused of killing her husband. Vilified by the public as much for her seduction of a younger man as the murder of her husband, the play examines the role of passion, guilt and loyalty in 1930s England. Niamh Cusack plays socially and sexually repressed jury forewoman of the trial, Edith Davenport. Thea Sharrock, who directed an Olivier award-winning production of Rattigan’s After the Dance at the National Theatre last year, directs the play following her recent revival of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit at the Apollo Theatre. The play also stars Lucy Black, Timothy Carlton, Simon Chandler, Richard Clifford, Oliver Coopersmith, Rory Fleck-Byrne, Freddie Fox, Jenny Galloway, Patrick Godfrey, Nicholas Jones, Tommy McDonnell, Lucy Robinson, Tristan Shepherd, Richard Teverson, Sarah Waddell, Michael Webber and Tristram Wymark. Read reviews from the Times, Telegraph, Hollywood Reporter, Express and Evening Standard, below. LINKS Book tickets to Cause Celebre at the Old Vic Theatre in London Cause Celebre - news and photos