''Girl with a Pearl Earring'' is a 2008 play. Adapted by
David Joss Buckley from the 1999
novel of the same title by
Tracy Chevalier, it premiered at the
Cambridge Arts Theatre. It then received its London premiere at the
Theatre Royal Haymarket
The Theatre Royal Haymarket (also known as Haymarket Theatre or the Little Theatre) is a West End theatre on Haymarket in the City of Westminster which dates back to 1720, making it the third-oldest London playhouse still in use. Samuel Foot ...
on 29 September 2008, directed by
Joe Dowling and designed by Peter Mumford. Its London run had been scheduled to end on 1 November, but after largely poor reviews
and in a
poor financial climate it closed early on 18 October.
London cast
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Niall Buggy - Van Ruijven
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Adrian Dunbar -
Johannes Vermeer
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Jonathan Bailey - Pieter
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Kimberley Nixon - Griet
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Sara Kestelman -
Maria Thins
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Flora Spencer-Longhurst - Cornelia Vermeer
See also
*''
Girl with a Pearl Earring'', c. 1665 Vermeer painting
Notes
External links
Theatre's brush with painting - ''Guardian'', 1 October 2008
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2008 plays
Plays based on novels
Plays based on real people
American plays
Cultural depictions of Johannes Vermeer