GIANT - The Play

Following a sold-out West End run in London where it won 3 Olivier Awards including Best Play, the production transferred to Broadway in March where it was nominated for 4 Tony Awards, winning Lead Actor in a play for John Lithgow. A world-famous children’s author under threat, a battle of wills in the wake of scandal and one chance to make amends, GIANT tells the story of Roald Dahl and the true scandal that shook his legacy. It’s the summer of 1983, The Witches is about to hit the shelves and Roald Dahl is making last-minute edits. But the outcry at his recent, explicitly antisemitic article won’t die down. Across a single afternoon at his family home, and rocked by an unexpectedly explosive confrontation, Dahl is forced to choose: make a public apology or risk his name and reputation. GIANT stars Tony, Golden Globe, and Olivier Award-winner John Lithgow (Conclave, The Crown) as author Roald Dahl; Aya Cash (The Boys, The Franchise, You’re the Worst) as US Publisher Jessie Stone; Olivier Award-winner Elliot Levey (Cold War, Patriots, Good) as Tom Maschler, Dahl’s British Jewish Publisher; Olivier Award-nominee Rachael Stirling (The Divine Mrs S) as Felicity Crosland, Roald Dahl’s fiancée; Tessa Bonham Jones (Dune: Prophecy, The Young Woman and the Sea) as Hallie; and Richard Hope (Hijack) as Wally Saunders, Dahl’s handyman.

Director Nicholas Hytner

Cast John Lithgow, Aya Cash, Elliot Levey, Rachael Stirling

Country UK

Language English

Aspect 1.85

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