Jill Paice
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Jill Paice will play Scarlett O’Hara in the musical adaptation of
Gone with the Wind. She will be joined by Edward Baker-Duly as Ashley Wilkes and Madeleine Worrall as his wife Melanie. As
previously announced, the show, which features a book and score by Margaret Martin and adaptation by director Trevor Nunn, will play its first performance at the New London Theatre on 5 April and open on 22 April.
Paice originated the role of Laura Fairlie in Nunn’s production of The Woman in White both at the Palace Theatre in London and on Broadway. Her other theatre credits include Nicki Harris in Curtains at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles and later on Broadway where she reprised the role opposite David Hyde Pierce. She was the original Sophie in the Las Vegas Company of Mamma Mia! and appeared in the U.S. touring company of Les Miserables.
Baker-Duly played the role of Joseph Cable in Nunn’s National Theatre production of South Pacific. His other theatre credits include the West End revival of Salad Days as well as The Lady Vanishes, Dick Barton Special Agent, Singin’ In The Rain, Anyone Can Whistle, Side by Side by Sondheim and Twelfth Night. His most recent theatre credit is playing Jerry Lukowski in The Full Monty at the Olympia Theatre, Dublin. His television credits include Joe Fisher in Emmerdale and he is best known for playing Mr. Malachay in the BBC’s Grange Hill.
Worrall is currently playing the title role in Cinderella at the Old Vic. Other credits include The School for Scandal for Salisbury Playhouse, The Anniversary for Liverpool Playhouse and in the West End, Up on the Roof for Chichester Festival Theatre, The Villain’s Opera for the National Theatre, Miranda in The Tempest for Thelma Holt Productions and Three Sisters for the Playhouse Theatre. Her film and television credits include Stage Beauty, Foyle’s War, Judge John Deed and Midsommer Murders.
Based on Margaret Mitchell’s bestselling novel and the historic film adaptation, Gone with the Wind is set in Atlanta, Georgia in the 1860s and follows the story of the 17-year-old Scarlett O’Hara, the eldest of three daughters living a life of luxury on their father’s plantation until the onset of the Civil War threatens their idyllic existence. Scarlett’s incredible journey through both the war and the peace is mirrored in her turbulent relationship with Rhett Butler, whose actions always defy prediction. Their story spans 10 years and mingles romantic ecstasy with tragic grief, as the life these people once knew disappears.