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Brian Cox in a scene from Succession, returning for a fourth season this year. Photograph:

Macall Polay/AP

When we last saw the dysfunctional Roy dynasty, the family was at war. Again. The
“rebel alliance” of Kendall, Shiv and Roman found their plan for a hostile takeover of
Waystar Royco scuppered by Shiv’s turncoat husband, Tom, tipping off patriarch Logan
(Brian Cox). It’s all beautifully poised for spring’s fourth season, which includes a
Scandi interlude at the mountain lair of tech bro Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård).

Come autumn, Cox returns to the UK stage for the first time in eight years. The Emmy
winner takes on the role of Johann Sebastian Bach in the world premiere of Oliver
Cotton’s play The Score, directed by Trevor Nunn (12 October at Theatre Royal, Bath).
Cox will also play fading performer James Tyrone in a new production of Eugene
O’Neill’s play Long Day’s Journey into Night, directed by Jeremy Herrin. Dates to be
announced. MH

Theatre

Ancient Greek classics reimagined

Janet McTeer and Assaad Bouab will appear in Phaedra at the National Theatre. Photograph:
Sebastian Nevols

Greek drama has time and again illuminated 21st-century anguish. In February, two
powerful actors seize the stage in mighty classical roles. Sophie Okonedo will appear at
@sohoplace as Medea, with Ben Daniels, who will take on all the male parts. Euripides’s
play will be directed by Dominic Cooke, who has described it as a battle between
“archetypal male and female ideas of power” and as being defined by the actor who
plays the title role. At the Lyttelton, Janet McTeer will star as Phaedra, while Assaad
Bouab from Call My Agent will make his British stage debut. Simon Stone, whose
remaking of Lorca’s Yerma galvanised the Young Vic, has created a new drama that
draws on Seneca, Racine and Euripides. SCl

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