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Desmond Barrit is to join WICKED as 'The Wizard' .Currently starring as ‘Hector’ in Alan Bennett’s The History Boys at Wyndham’s Theatre, for which he has won unanimous critical acclaim, the Olivier Award-winning actor’s performances include his riotously funny ‘Pseudolus’ in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; his chilling portrayal of ‘Dick Cheney’ in David Hare’s Stuff Happens and his glorious ‘Toad’ in Alan Bennett’s The Wind in the Willows, all at the National Theatre. His Shakespearean performances include ‘Falstaff’ in Henry IV Parts 1 & 2; ‘Bottom’ in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, (also on Broadway); ‘Trinculo’ in The Tempest; ‘Antipholus’ in The Comedy of Errors (Olivier Award) and ‘Malvolio’ in Twelfth Night, all for the RSC. For the Donmar he starred in Dario Fo’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist with Rhys Ifans, and as ‘Birdboot’ in Tom Stoppard’s The Real Inspector Hound and ‘Harold Gorringe’ in Peter Shaffer’s Black Comedy, both with David Tennant.
Nigel Planer will play his final performance as ‘The Wizard’ on Saturday 7 June 2008 after almost two years in the role.
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