The Sherlock Holmes star will appear in Eugene O'Neill's play Anna Christie from August to October.

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The Guardian's Michael Billington says the actor is "excellent" in the Donmar Warehouse's "outstanding" revival of Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie.

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In Anna Christie he will play Mat Burke, a sailor who falls in love with a former prostitute played by Ruth Wilson.

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It was while playing the title role in Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie on Broadway in 1993 that Richardson met her future husband Neeson.

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