Succession star Sarah Snook has found her newest — and possibly most unconventional — project. On Wednesday, it was announced that Snook will star in a stage adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray, which will open in London’s West End in early 2024. Snook, who most recently starred as Shiv Roy on the recently-wrapped Succession, will portray all twenty-six characters in the play, which is adapted from Oscar Wilde’s iconic novel of the same name. The Picture of Dorian Gray will open at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket in January, for a limited 12-week run. The production, which is devised by Kip Williams, already premiered in Sydney, Australia. That production saw actress Eryn Jean Norvill playing all of the characters.
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According to the initial reporting, the production is being described as “cine-theatre,” and Snook’s role in the show will involve making video recordings of some of the characters and interacting alongside them on stage.
Why did Succession end?
In an interview earlier this year, series creator Jesse Armstrong corroborated comments some of the series’ stars had hinted that Season 4 could be the final run for the series. Season 4 is just over a month away from debuting on HBO.
“We could have said it as soon as I sort of decided, almost when we were writing it, which I think would be weird and perverse,” Armstrong explained. “We could have said it at the end of the season. I quite like that idea, creatively, because then the audience is just able to enjoy everything as it comes, without trying to figure things out, or perceiving things in a certain way once they know it’s the final season. But, also, the countervailing thought is that we don’t hide the ball very much on the show. I feel a responsibility to the viewership, and I personally wouldn’t like the feeling of, “Oh, that’s it. guys. That was the end.” I wouldn’t like that in a show. I think I would like to know it is coming to an end. And, also, there’s a bunch of prosaic things, like it might be weird for me and the cast as we do interviews. It’s pretty definitively the end, so then it just might be uncomfortable having to sort of dissemble like a politician for ages about it. Hopefully, the show is against bullshit, and I wouldn’t like to be bullshitting anyone when I was talking about it.”
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