The first major New York revival of David Hare’s Plenty has extended once again off-Broadway. Directed by David Leveaux and headlined by Rachel Weisz and Corey Stoll, the show began previews on October 4 and will run through December 1, instead of November 20. Opening night has also been pushed back and is now scheduled for October 23 (from October 20) at the Public Theater.
The company also includes Pun Bandhu, Ken Barnett, Emily Bergl, Dani De Waal, Mike Iveson, Byron Jennings, LeRoy McClain, Tim Nicolai, Paul Niebanck, Ann Sanders, Benjamin Thys and Liesel Allen Yeager.
One of the most celebrated plays in the Public’s history, the groundbreaking play is the story of Susan Traherne (Weisz), a fiercely intelligent British secret agent flown into France during the Second World War. Susan’s experiences among her war-time colleagues and over the two decades that follow are distilled in powerful scenes in this endlessly layered work about a woman of remarkable bravery, who cannot find in peacetime the values and relationships she cherished in war.