Giant

Nicholas Hytner
2026-11-19


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A dramatisation of a period in Roald Dahl's life during the summer of 1983, as he makes final edits to book "The Witches" before its release, after his 1983 literary review of the picture book "God Cried" about the siege of West Beirut by the Israeli army during the 1982 Lebanon War was deemed anti-Semitic. John Lithgow plays Dahl in Mark Rosenblatt's critically acclaimed stage play, of this Royal Court Theatre production filmed at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London, directed by Nicholas Hytner.

Cast

Name Character Team
John Lithgow Roald Dahl Zac E. Chan
Aya Cash Jessie Stone Unowned
Tessa Bonham Jones Hallie Unowned
Elliot Levey Tom Maschler Unowned
Rachael Stirling Felicity Crosland Unowned
Richard Hope Wally Saunders Unowned