Suddenly Last Summer

A National Theatre production of Tennessee Williams's drama about a family divided over the memory of a death, directed by Michael Grandage and staged in the Olivier, with Emma Corrin and Harriet Walter in the cast.

Tennessee Williams's play centres on Violet Venable, who is determined to protect the reputation of her late son, Sebastian. Her niece Catharine, however, gives a very different account of the events of the previous summer. When Catharine's recollections are called into question, a young doctor must decide whose version to believe, and the drama turns on family, trauma and competing truths.

Michael Grandage returns to the National Theatre to direct this production, which features Emma Corrin, whose credits include The Crown, and Harriet Walter, whose credits include The House of Bernarda Alba. The staging is of a play that is rarely performed, and this is the opportunity to see it on the National's stage.

The production is staged in the Olivier, the National Theatre's stage on the South Bank, which is given over mainly to theatre productions. The show is a dramatic piece of theatre rather than a comedy, stand-up or family show, and is aimed at audiences interested in new readings of classic American drama.