Jenny Galloway will join previously announced starts Jude Law and Ruth Wilson in Rob Ashford’s forthcoming production of Anna Christie at London’s Donmar Warehouse. Casting is complete for Rob Ashford's production of the Eugene O’Neill classic, which will begin performances on August 4 and open on August 9, running through October 8.
In addition to Law (Mat Burke), Wilson (Anna) and Galloway (Marthy), the cast will include Paul Brightwell (Johnny-The-Priest/Johnson), David Hayman (Chris Christofferson), Robert Lonsdale (Postman), Henry Pettigrew (Larry), Michael Walters (First Longshoreman) and Matt Wilman (Second Longshoreman).
Winner of the 1922 Pulitzer Prize for drama, Anna Christie centers on the title heroine, a prostitute who reunites with her father after 15 years in exile and falls in love with a sailor.
Galloway has appeared in Donmar productions of Madame de Sade, Nine, How I Learned to Drive and Electra and in the Broadway production of Mary Poppins, among many other stage credits.
Ashford’s production will be designed by Paul Wills, with music and sound design by Adam Cork.