Rachel Tucker: I have no problem with adapting existing stories for the stage

The Royal Academy of Music graduate will play mechanic’s wife Myrtle Wilson in the musical, which stars Jamie Muscato as the titular Gatsby and Frances Mayli McCann as Daisy Buchanan.

Tucker said she believed The Great Gatsby had a great deal to say to audiences about social class and wealth, describing the story as a "universal message".

She said: "When you think about the differences between America and the UK about class – there’s more of a class thing here in the UK than there would be in America, I find. So that’s interesting, tackling that with this show. That’s what I love about art – because we’re doing it through song, music and dance."

Director Marc Bruni agreed, claiming the show’s focus on class was especially relevant today. Bruni, who directed the production in New York at the Broadway Theatre, said: "I think that the divide between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’ has never been wider in America right now... So, unfortunately, the story has new resonance in that way."