Days of Wine and Roses (stage version)

Days of Wine and Roses was a 1962 black and white movie directed by Blake Edwards and starring Jack Lemmon in his first 'dramatic' role as a young alcoholic who drags his much-loved wife with him into the swamp of addiction - from which eventually only he escapes. Northern Irish writer McCafferty has relocated J.P. Miller's screenplay to London in the 60's, centring it on a young couple just arrived from Belfast. Shattering yet frighteningly true-to-life, this stage version of Days of Wine and Roses premieres at the trendy Donmar Warehouse in the heart of the West End in a production by Sam Mendes's production company directed by Peter Gill who last year staged McCafferty's National Theatre hit, Scenes from the Big Picture: