Sam Mendes returns to London stage with Jez Butterworth play
Bond director to take on new Troubles-set work by Jerusalem writer for Royal Court's 2017 seasonAfter two huge James Bond blockbusters, Sam Mendes is returning to his subsidised theatre roots to direct a much anticipated new play by Jez Butterworth at London's Royal Court theatre.The theatre announced on Monday that Mendes would make his Royal Court debut directing The Ferryman, a play set in rural Derry in 1981 duri…