Drop the Dead Donkey actor Stephen Tompkinson stars alongside Andrew Lancel in Stumped, which is heading to the Cambridge Arts Theatre.

The "brilliantly witty" new play tells the story of two legendary playwrights and their shared love of cricket.

Before Samuel Beckett became the playwright universally known for Waiting for Godot, he was a cricketer - and to this day is still the only Nobel prize-winner to feature in the pages of Wisden as a first-class player.

His friend and fellow Nobel prize-winner, Harold Pinter, whose best-known works include The Birthday Party and The Betrayal, described cricket as 'the greatest thing that God created on earth'. 

Stumped, written by Shomit Dutta, explores what the friendship between these two men might have looked like.

Stephen Tompkinson is a British actor best known for numerous television roles, including Chancer, Drop the Dead Donkey, Wild at Heart and DCI Banks.

The play is produced by Original Theatre - whose previous productions include The Mirror Crack'd, A Splinter of Ice, The Croft and The Habit of Art.

Stumped was praised in the Guardian as "perfect pitch for lovers of both drama and cricket".

Playwright Shomit Dutta is a writer, translator and teacher of Latin and Greek, who also reviews books on cricket and classics.

Dutta has been a member of Harold Pinter's cricket team Gaieties CC for more than 20 years, and was captain during Pinter's final years playing.

Performances will be held at Cambridge Arts Theatre from at 7.30pm from Monday, June 5 to Saturday, June 10. The play runs for one hour and 10 minutes.

Matinée performances will take place at 2.30pm on the Thursday and Saturday.

Tickets are either £20, £25, £35 or £40. All ticket prices include a £3 booking fee.

To book call the box office on 01223 503333 or go to www.cambridgeartstheatre.com.