Hollywood star Jude Law returns to stage

Jude Law will appear in the Eugene O'Neill play Anna Christie (Getty Images)

Hollywood star Jude Law is returning to the West End stage to play a sailor who falls in love with a prostitute.

The actor will appear in the Eugene O'Neill play Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse in Covent Garden, central London, from August.

The play is part of a farewell season for the theatre's artistic director, Michael Grandage, who is leaving this year.

He said: "From next month to February 2012 we will be presenting six new productions and I am delighted this final year celebrates so much of the repertoire we have presented over the last decade."

Other plays in the season include a performance of William Shakespeare's Richard II and Inadmissible Evidence by John Osborne.

Law received rave reviews when he played Hamlet at the Donmar in 2009.