Tony and Golden Globe winner John Lithgow will take on the role of Roald Dahl, as previously announced, joined by Olivier Award winner Elliot Levey as Tom Maschler, Dahl’s British Jewish publisher.

John Lithgow as Roald Dahl Joined by Romola Garai, Tessa Bonham Jones in ‘Giant’ Play About Author’s Antisemitic Comments. Naman Ramachandran. Tue, June 25, 2024 at 11:48 AM UTC.

‘Giant’ Review: John Lithgow Is Incendiary in an Arresting Debut Play About Roald Dahl and Antisemitism Harold Pinter Theatre, London; 796 seats; £210 ($280) top, £300 ($401) premium. Opened ...

The biggest, most trenchant laugh on the London stage is nightly cracking up the audience at the West End staging of “Giant” — and it’s a moment indicative of the blissful timing in the ...

Actor John Lithgow has reflected on Roald Dahl’s “complicated” legacy, as he stars as the late author in the West End play Giant.. Lithgow, 79, portrays the children’s writer during a ...

In a new interview John Lithgow has revealed that he hopes Giant, the play about Roald Dahl in which Lithgow stars in the West End, will cross the pond and have a run in America.

It is difficult to think of another actor so physically well suited to a part as Lithgow is to Roald Dahl, despite one being the public-school-educated British son of Norwegians, the other an all ...

John Lithgow will lead the world premiere of a new play about the antisemitism of author Roald Dahl. Giant, written by Mark Rosenblatt and directed by Nicholas Hynter, will premiere in London at ...

American actor John Lithgow has won the best actor trophy at the London stage Olivier Awards for exploring the dark side of children’s writer Roald Dahl in “Giant.”.

Tony and Golden Globe winner John Lithgow will take on the role of Roald Dahl, as previously announced, joined by Olivier Award winner Elliot Levey as Tom Maschler, Dahl’s British Jewish publisher.