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Kit Harington To Appear In West End ‘Slave Play’; Author Jeremy O. Harris Says Star Casting Won’t Be “A Distraction”


Despite the star casting, Slave Play playwright Jeremy O. Harris assures audiences that Kit Harington's presence will not be a "distraction."

Harington has a strong history of London stage performances, having appeared in, among others, War Horse, Doctor Faustus, True West and Henry V. In addition to Harington, the Slave Play cast will include Fisayo Akinade, Aaron Heffernan, Olivia Washington and, reprising their Broadway roles, James Cusati-Moyer, Chalia La Tour, Annie McNamara and Irene Sofia Lucio. The plot follows attendees of an “Antebellum Sexual Performance Therapy” facility that re-enacts Old South scenarios to reinvigorate and examine the interracial relationships.

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