Hannah Spearritt, Jodie Prenger and More Join Owain Arthur in London Hit One Man, Two Guvnors

Hannah Spearritt and Jodie Prenger will join Owain Arthur in Nicholas Hytner’s the London hit comedy One Man, Two Guvnors. Spearritt and Prenger will assume the roles of Pauline and Dolly, respectively. As previously announced, One Man, Two Guvnors will transfer from the Adelphi Theatre to the West End’s Theatre Royal Haymarket on March 2. The show will arrive on Broadway with its original star James Corden on March 15.

Joining Spearritt, Prenger and Owain are Martin Barrass as Alfie, David Benson as Gareth, Nigel Betts as Harry, Derek Elroy as Lloyd, Gerard Horan as Charlie, Daniel Ings as Alan, Ben Mansfield as Stanley and Gemma Whelan as Rachel. Casting for the ensemble has yet to be announced.

Sex, food and money are high on the agenda in this English version of a classic Italian comedy. Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall (Arthur) becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small time East End hood. However, Roscoe is really his sister, Rachel, posing as her own dead brother, who’s been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers. Francis takes a second job with one Stanley Stubbers, who is hiding from the police and waiting to be re-united with Rachel. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two guvnors apart.

Richard Bean’s award-winning adaptation, based on Carlo Goldoni’s The Servant of Two Masters, opened at the National Theatre in May 2011, and went on to a U.K. tour, before landing on the West End.