The Chairs
With Richard Briers, she starred from November 1997 in a revival of Eugène Ionesco's absurdist play "The Chairs" in a co-production between Simon McBurney's Théâtre de Complicité and London's Royal Court Theatre (then temporarily based at the Duke of York's) who had staged the British premiere 40 years earlier. This production had a brief run on Broadway between April and June 1998; McEwan was nominated for a Tony Award.