Details

Mistaken identity, lust and class are at the heart of this classic comedy set in the rustic England of the 1760s. Sub-titled The Mistakes of a Night. A rich handsome single man, Marlow, is very good at chatting up barmaids, but bashful in front of society ladies. The he falls for Miss Kate Hardcastle and things start to go wrong when his friend persuade him that her family home is in fact the local inn!

Cast/Performers

Liza Goddard (Mrs Hardcastle), Colin Baker (Mr Hardcastle), Lynsey Beauchamp (Pimple), Jonathan Broadbent (Tony Lumpkin), Matthew Burgess (George Hastings), Annie Hemmingway (Constance Neville), Tom Jude (Diggory), Dorothea Myer-Bennett (Kate Hardcastle), Glynn Sweet (Sir Charles Marlowe / Landlord), Elisa Boyd (Servant / Violinist), Leon Hunt (Actor / Musician), Matthew Douglas (Marlowe), Thomas Brownlee (Musicians / Servant), Aiden Clooke (Musicians / Servant)

Creatives/Company

Author(s): Oliver Goldsmith, Bryony Lavery (proglogue / epilogue)
Producer(s): Birmingham Repertory Theatre, The Touring Consortium
Director: Jonathan Munby
Design: Mike Britton
Music: Olly Fox
Lighting: Oliver Fenwick
Sound: Dan Hoole
Choreographer: Katherine Taylor