Other casts have included Taxi star Judd Hirsch, George Wendt from Cheers, Jack Dee, Tim Healy and Frank Skinner.

BBC: Duffy joins Art cast

Guests on the show were to have been Sir David Attenborough, comedian Frank Skinner, US teen singer Miley Cyrus and band The Killers.

BBC: Brand and Ross suspended by

On ITV1's Frank Skinner Show last week, Dreyfuss even joked that the show - due to open at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 9 November - was not ready for the public yet.

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