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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Tom Ambrose

Penelope Wilton and Luke Evans to star in Queen Mother comedy in the West End

‘A joyous story’ … Penelope Wilton and Luke Evans will star in Backstairs Billy by Marcelo Dos Santos at the Duke of York’s theatre in London.
‘A joyous story’ … Penelope Wilton and Luke Evans will star in Backstairs Billy by Marcelo Dos Santos at the Duke of York’s theatre in London. Composite: Getty

Luke Evans will return to the West End this autumn to star alongside Penelope Wilton in a new play about the Queen Mother’s relationship with her most loyal servant.

Evans, whose films include Fast & Furious 6 and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, has not performed on stage in more than a decade. The Welsh actor is now set to play William Tallon in Marcelo Dos Santos’s comedy Backstairs Billy at the Duke of York’s theatre in London.

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