Actor goes from hard-drinking cop in The Wire to hard-drinking lecturer in Simon Gray's classic playDominic West, the star of The Wire and the BBC's The Devil's Whore, is to take on one of the West End's most notable 20th century stage roles this summer. West will play the role of the dissolute Butley, made famous by Alan Bates in Simon Gray's play of the same name. The story of the alcoholic academic was first produ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PM on February 19, 2011