The Heiress plays from 7 Oct, Judith Ivey joins cast

The upcoming revival of Ruth and Augustus Goetz's The Heiress, directed by Moisés Kaufman, will open at the Walter Kerr Theatre on 1 Nov 2012, following previews from 7 Oct 2012, and play a limited engagement through to 10 Feb 2013.

It has also been announced that Tony Award-winner Judith Ivey will play the role of 'Auny Penn.' Ivey joins previously announced Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner David Strathairn (Dr. Austin Sloper), Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain (Catherine Sloper) and Dan Stevens (Morris Townsend), star of the Golden Globe-winning series "Downton Abbey,"

The Heiress, adapted from the 1880 Henry James novel, "Washington Square," tells the story of 'Catherine Sloper' (Jessica Chastain), a young naive woman who falls for a handsome young man (Dan Stevens) who her emotionally abusive father (David Strathairn) suspects is a fortune hunter.

The design team includes Derek McLane (sets), Albert Wolsky (costumes), David Lander (lighting) and Leon Rothenberg (sound).

The revival will be produced on Broadway by Paula Wagner, Roy Furman and Stephanie P. McClelland.

The 1947 Broadway premiere of The Heiress was directed by Jed Harris, and starred Wendy Hiller as 'Catherine Sloper,' Peter Cookson as 'Morris Townsend' and Basil Rathbone as 'Dr. Austin Sloper.'

The play has been revived on Broadway three times. The last revival was in 1995, directed by Gerald Gutierrez, it starred Cherry Jones as 'Catherine Sloper,' Jon Tenney as 'Morris Townsend' and 'Philip Bosco' as 'Dr. Austin Sloper.' The production was nominated for seven 1995 Tony Awards, and won four: Best Revival; Best Director (Gerald Gutierrez); Best Actress (Cherry Jones); and Best Featured Actress (Frances Sternhagen as 'Lavinia Penniman').

The 1949 Academy Award winning movie version was adapted from the play by the Goetzes, and was directed by William Wyler, starring Olivia de Havilland as 'Catherine Sloper,' Montgomery Clift as 'Morris Townsend' and Ralph Richardson as 'Dr. Austin Sloper.' Olivia de Havilland won the 1949 Academy Award for Best Actress, and the film was nominated for the 1949 Academy Award for Best Picture.