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Shakespeare's Women
'Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety'
 A dramatic celebration of the range and diversity of Shakespeare's female characters. The year is 1616. Will Shakespeare has returned to Stratford at the end of his glittering career, now a dying man cared for by his wife and daughters. As he slips in and out of conciousness the women around him take on new and familiar forms as they bring to life the vibrant and extraordinary characters from his plays. The show fused Shakespeares language, through extracts from his works, with physical theatre, visual images and music.
Performances Upstairs at the Old Blue Last, at the The Rose Theatre, Bankside, and at the Baron's Court Theatre, Kensington from Oct to Nov 2009.
Cast and Crew
William Shakespeare/Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexander Gordon Wood King Lear (King Lear), Benedict (Much Ado About Nothing), Shylock (Merchant Of Venice), Titus Andronicus (Titus Andronicus), Constance's line (King John), King/Lafeu (All's Well That Ends Well), Macbeth (Macbeth), Sonnet CXXVII, Clown (Antony & Cleopatra), Prospero (Tempest)Anne/Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeryl Burgess Mistress Quickly (Henry IV, Part II), Alice (Henry V), Lucetta (Two Gentlemen Of Verona), Mistress Ford (Merry Wives Of Windsor), Nurse (Romeo & Juliet), Tamora - Queen Of The Goths (Titus Andronicus), Constance (King John), Duchess Of Gloucester (Henry VI, Part II), Second Witch (Macbeth), Bawd (Pericles)Susannah/Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Darrie Gardner Portia (Merchant Of Venice), Mistress Page (Merry Wives Of Windsor), Volumnia (Coriolanus), baby line from Paulina (Winter's Tale), Lady Macbeth (Macbeth), First Witch (Macbeth), Hermione (Winter's Tale), Emilia (Othello), Titania (Midsummers Nights Dream)Judith/Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennie Fox Adriana (Comedy Of Errors), Beatrice (Much Ado About Nothing), Lady Percy (Henry IV Part II), Helena (All's Well That Ends Well), Ophelia (Hamlet), Queen Margaret (Henry VI, Part II), Third Witch (Macbeth), Hermia (Midsummer Night's Dream), Rosalind (As You Like It), Olivia (Twelfth Night)Bessie/Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laura Darrell Cordelia (King Lear), Luciana (Comedy Of Errors), Katherine (Henry V), Julia (Two Gentlemen Of Verona), Juliet (Romeo & Juliet), Joan La Pucelle (Henry IV, Part I), Helena (Midsummer Night's Dream), Marina (Pericles), Pheobe (As You Like It), Viola (Twelfth Night), Desdemona (Othello) Directed by . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Elstub
Written by . . . . . . . . . . . . Darrie Gardner & Jennie Fox
Prop Maker . . . . . . . . . . . Catherine Beech
Technician . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony Friggens (Old Blue/Rose)
Technician . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Cowen (Barons' Court)
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