Performance

VenueBarbican Centre
Other spaces: Barbican Theatre,Barbican Hall. Guildhall School of Music and Drama Theatre, Cinema1,Cinema2,Gallery, Silk Street Theatre
TownWest End
CountyGreater London
From9th November 2005
To19th November 2005
When19:15
PricesFrom £7.00. To £26.00.
What is currently on at Barbican Centre (V371)

Tamburlaine

TamburlaineT0576078813
Marlowe's two plays based on the life of the 14th century conqueror Timur the Lame, were among the most successful on the Elizabethan stage. They are rarely performed in full today - producers and directors preferring to conflate the two plays in one. Part One charts Tamburlaine's ruthless rise from Scythian shepherd to 'most puissant and mightye monarque'. He conquers nearly every city and country on his maps of North Africa and the Middle East: Persia, Turkey, Fez, Argiers, Morocco, Damascus and Arabia. The number and nature of the deaths described or depicted on stage will startle the ear and eye. Only his love for the fair and divine Zenocrate rivals his lust for power. His final victory in this part is the defeat of Zenocrate's father, the Soldan of Egypt. For once Tamburlaine is 'compassionate' and restores the Soldan's lands. He does so standing over the dead bodies of the King of Arabia, Bajazeth, Emperor of Turkey, and Bajazeth's wife, and declares 'a truce with all the world'. But only until Part Two.
Author Christopher Marlowe


Archive :: production:T0576078813, play:S1286567958, venue:V371

Production details

Part of the Young Genius Season

Special Performances


  • 15 Nov 05 Open Captioned (STAGETEXT)

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Company

Producer Bristol Old Vic
Producer BITE:05
Producer Barbican
Producer Young Vic
Adapted by David Farr
Director David Farr
Design Ti Green
Lighting Neil Austin
Music Keith Clouston
Sound Jason Barnes
Director Yael Shavit (assistant)
Performer Greg Hicks (Tamburlaine)
Performer Kolade Agboke (Usumcasane)
Performer Tim Chipping (Cosroe / King of Jerusalem)
Performer David Hounslow (Soldan / Oracanes)
Performer Chuk Iwuji (Theridamus)
Performer Stephen Kennedy (Techelles)
Performer Jeffery Kissoon (Bajazeth)
Performer Ben Lambert (Basso / Celebinus)
Performer Vinta Morgan (Mycetes / Callapine)
Performer Ann Ogbomo (Zabina)
Performer Katy Stephens (Anippe / Olympia)
Performer Rachael Stirling (Zenocrate)
Performer Rachael Stirling (Zenocrate)
Performer Will Tacy (Almeda / Meander)
Performer Robert Vernon (Amyras / Ortygius)
Performer John Wark (Agydas / Calyphas)
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