'Doctor Who' star David Tennant to play Don Juan on London stage

Former "

Doctor Who

" star David Tennant is returning to the West End stage to play

Don Juan

.

The Scottish actor will take the lead role in

Patrick Marber

's adaptation of Moliere's 17th Century tragic-comedy, set in modern London.

Marber will also direct the play at the Wyndham's Theatre from March 17 to June 10.

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It will mark a return to Wyndham's for "Tennant", who played Benedick in William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" there back in 2011.

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