on Monday that negotiations were well advanced for the revival, which has been rumoured in the West End for months, the entertainment trade paper reported from London. The director is to be Peter Hall, who staged the 1958 London premiere of the play, Variety said. „I have met Madonna. Peter Hall has met Madonna. The three of us have a desire that she should play Maggie the cat in London next year,“ Kenwright was quoted as saying. The producer described Madonna as „a feet-on-the-ground working actress who knew her stuff and talked to me in a language I totally related to.“ „She‘s a clever girl,“ he added. Kenwright told Variety he expected Madonna to sign a contract for a 20-week run, with rehearsals to begin once she finished shooting a film version of the stage musical „Chicago.“ The last stage production Madonna appeared in was a 1988 Broadway production of David Mamet‘s „Speed-the-Plough.“ She made her last feature film appearance in the title role of the 1996 musical „Evita.“ Her other movie credits include „Dangerous Game,“ „Body of Evidence,“ „A League of Their Own,“ „Dick Tracy“ and „Desperately Seeking Susan.“ In taking the „Cat“ role, Madonna would follow such actresses as Barbara Bel Geddes and Kathleen Turner, both of whom played Maggie on Broadway, and Kim Stanley and Lindsay Duncan, who starred in separate London versions. Elizabeth Taylor took the part in a 1958 film.