Girl with a Pearl Earring is a 2008 play. Adapted from the novel of the same title

Girl with a Pearl Earring (novel)

Girl with a Pearl Earring is a 1999 historical novel written by Tracy Chevalier. Set in 17th century Delft, Holland, the novel was inspired by Delft school painter Johannes Vermeer's painting Girl with a Pearl Earring. Chevalier presents a fictional account of Vermeer, the model, and the painting...

 by Tracy Chevalier

Tracy Chevalier

Tracy Chevalier is a bestselling historical novelist. She lives in London with her husband and son.Chevalier was raised in Washington, D.C and graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda, Maryland. After receiving her B.A...

, it premiered at the Cambridge Arts Theatre

Cambridge Arts Theatre

Cambridge Arts Theatre is a 666-seat theatre on Peas Hill in central Cambridge, England. The theatre presents a varied mix of drama, dance, opera and pantomime. It attracts some of the highest-quality touring productions in the country, as well as many shows direct from, or prior to, seasons in the...

. It then received its London premiere at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on 29 September 2008, directed by Joe Dowling

Joe Dowling

Joe Dowling is the Artistic Director for the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He is also well-known for his work as Artistic Director of the Abbey Theatre in Ireland, and has directed plays in all the major theatres in Ireland as well as theatres in London, New York, Washington...

 and designed by Peter Mumford

Peter Mumford

Peter Mumford was a bishop of the Church of England. He was the Bishop of Hertford from 1974 to 1981 and the Bishop of Truro from 1981 to 1989....

. Its London run had been scheduled to end on 1 November, but after largely poor reviews and in a poor financial climate

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 it closed early on 18 October.

London cast

• Niall Buggy
  Niall Buggy
  Niall Buggy is an Irish actor who has worked extensively on the stage and screen in Ireland, the UK and the US. Some of his more well known roles include the lead in Brian Friel's, Uncle Vanya, for which he won an Irish Theatre Award and an Olivier Award for Dead Funny...
  
   - Van Ruijven
• Adrian Dunbar
  Adrian Dunbar
  Adrian Dunbar is an actor from Northern Ireland, best known for his television and theatre work. Dunbar co-wrote and starred in the 1991 film, Hear My Song, nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the BAFTA awards.-Personal life:...
  
   - Johannes Vermeer
• Jonathan Bailey
  Jonathan Bailey (actor)
  Jonathan Bailey is an English Actor. He was born on 25 April 1988, in Aylesbury Vale, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. He is not to be confused with another English actor named Jonathon Bailey born in 1940s who played young Prince Arthur in the 1950s TV series Adventures of Robin Hood...
  
   - Pieter
• Kimberley Nixon
  Kimberley Nixon
  Kimberley Nixon is a Welsh actress.-Early and personal life:Born in Bristol, Nixon and her six brothers were brought up in Pontypridd, Wales, where she attended Coedylan Comprehensive School, now known as Pontypridd High School.In October 2011 Nixon was announced by Wales Online as number one in...
  
   - Griet
• Sara Kestelman
  Sara Kestelman
  Sara Kestelman is an English actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Lady Frances Brandon, Lady Jane Grey's mother, in Lady Jane.-Biography:...
  
   - Maria Thins

External links

• Theatre's brush with painting - Guardian, 1 October 2008

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