Maggie Smith Vehicle "Lady in the Van" Will Open in Cinemas in December | Playbill

News Maggie Smith Vehicle "Lady in the Van" Will Open in Cinemas in December "The Lady in the Van," the film adaptation of the West End hit penned by Alan Bennett, will arrive on screens Dec. 2 following a world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Oscar winner Maggie Smith reprises her stage role in the Sony Pictures Classics film, which features direction by Nicholas Hytner.

Smith, a Tony winner for her performance in Lettice and Lovage, and currently popular for playing the Dowager Countess in the series "Downton Abbey," plays Miss Mary Shepherd, "an eccentric woman of uncertain origins, who 'temporarily' parked her broken-down van in Bennett’s London driveway — and proceeded to live there for the next 15 years," according to the industry site.

The film casts Alex Jennings as playwright Bennett with Frances de la Tour, Roger Allam, Dominic Cooper, Jim Broadbent and James Corden.

Director Hytner produces along with Damian Jones and Kevin Loader.

 
Today’s Most Popular News:
 X

Blocking belongs
on the stage,
not on websites.

Our website is made possible by
displaying online advertisements to our visitors.

Please consider supporting us by
whitelisting playbill.com with your ad blocker.
Thank you!