Who picked Cherry Jones to play the Franks wife, Grace?
When the play was done in Ireland there was some talk of Cherry doing it but she wasn’t available. Since we had a great British actor and me, we thought, “Do you think we can get a great American actress to play that part?” The minute you start using that phrase, Cherry Jones’s name immediately comes up. Cherry read the play and loved it and met with Jon and said, “I want to do it.” So how lucky were we? All of the actors I’ve worked with have brought their own individual qualities to it, but she has brought an additional tragic level to the piece. I know Brian thinks that, too. When we heard her do it in the rehearsal room, Ralph and I were completely knocked out. We feel really fortunate. She’s not using a British accent. That’s okay with everybody? Yes, it’s not an area she find particularly interesting, and it doesn’t worry me at all. I’m a Scot playing a Londoner, and I daresay many Londoners would criticize the odd word here and there. Ralph is an Englishman playing someone who c
