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By Amy Somensky Jun 3, 2006, 1:50 GMT

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest closes today

London: The West End production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest plays its final performance today at the Garrick Theatre.

Starring is Christian Slater as Randle P. McMurphy, Brendon Dempsey as Chief Bromden, Ian Coppinger as Martini, Owen O'Neil as Dale Harding, Gavin Robertson as Scanlon, Lizzie Roper as Candy Starr, Alex Kingston as Nurse Ratched, Alex Giannini as Cheswick, Paul Ready as Billy Bibbit, Alan Douglas as Ruckly, Rebecca Grant as Nurse Finn, Cornelius Macarthy as Aide Warren, Simon Chandler as Sr. Spivey, and Katherine Jakeways as Sandra.One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest features a book by Dale Wasserman based on the novel by Ken Kesey, direction by Terry Johnson and Tamara Harvey, design by Katy Tuxford, and costume design by Dagmar Morrell.In the play, an American-Indian, whom the authorities believe is deaf and dumb, tells the story of a mental institution ruled by Big Nurse on behalf of the all-powerful Combine. Into this terrifying world comes McMurphy, a brawling gambling man, who wages total war on behalf of his cowed fellow inmates. What follows is at once hilarious and heroic, tragic and ultimately liberating.

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