Matthew Kelly to star in Pride and Prejudice at the Open Air Theatre

Casting has been announced for next month's production of Pride and Prejudice at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.

Matthew Kelly (Waiting For Godot) will play Mr Bennet alongside Tafline Steen (King Charles III, Almeida) who will play Elizabeth, Benjamin Dilloway (Kingsman: The Secret Service) who will play Mr Darcy and Doña Croll (All My Sons, Birmingham Rep), who will play Lady Catherine De Bourgh.

They join the previously announced Felicity Montagu as Mrs Bennet.

The cast is completed by Hollie Edwin, Mari Izzard (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, RSC), Leigh Quinn (Henry V, RSC), Anna Crichlow, Jordan Mifsúd (The Silver Tassie, National Theatre), Steven Meo (The Distance, Orange Tree Theatre), Daniel Abbott (Richard II, RSC), Kirsty Rider, Francesca Bailey (The Good Soul of Szechuan, Bristol Old Vic), Charlotte Palmer (Tennison) and Mark Rawlings (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Gielgud).

Directed by Deborah Bruce, the play will run for two weeks in September before embarking on a UK tour.

The tour will see the production visit Bromley, Norwich, Cambridge, Salford, Leicester, Woking, Truro, Birmingham, Richmond, Bath, High Wycombe, Canterbury, Newcastle and Cardiff.

Pride and Prejudice runs at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre from 2 to 17 September.