Driving Miss Daisy

A major revival of Alfred Uhry's play Driving Miss Daisy in London starring Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones and directed by David Esbjornson.

When Daisy Werthan, a widowed, 72 year-old Jewish woman living in midcentury Atlanta, is deemed too old to drive, her son Boolie hires Hoke Coleburn, an African American man, to serve as her chauffeur. What begins as a troubled and hostile pairing soon blossoms into a profound, life-altering friendship that transcends all the societal boundaries placed between them.

Driving Miss Daisy is the charming, poignant and utterly compelling tale of the unlikely, long-lasting friendship that blossoms between a prickly, elderly Southern matriarch and her kind-hearted chauffeur that is both sparklingly funny and irresistibly heart-warming.

The cast of Driving Miss Daisy in London stars Vanessa Redgrave as 'Daisy Werthan', James Earl Jones as 'Hoke Coleburn' and Boyd Gaines as 'Boolie Werthan'. The production is directed by David Esbjornson with designs by John Lee Beatty, costumes by Jane Greenwood, lighting by Peter Kaczorowski, music by Mark Bennett and sound by Christopher Cronin. This production was originally presented on Broadway in New York at the Golden Theatre from 7 October 2010 to 9 April 2011 starring Vanessa Redgrave who was nominated for a Tony Award for this role.

James Earl Jones was last on stage in London's West End playing 'Big Daddy' opposite Phylicia Rashad as 'Big Mama' in Tennessee Williams' Cat On A Hot Tin Roof at the Novello Theatre in 2009. David Esbjornson directed the London West End stage premiere of Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men starring Rob Lowe as 'Daniel Kaffee' at the Haymarket Theatre in 2005.

Driving Miss Daisy in London at the Wyndham's Theatre previewes from 26 September 2011, opens on 5 Ocotber 2011 and closes on 17 December 2011.