Thought to be Shakespeare's last play - inspired by Chaucer's Knight's Tale. Close cousins Palamon and Arcite have made a vow of friendship and loyalty to each other but have not reckoned on catching sight of the beautiful Princess Emilia. Their new obsession drives them to fight each other in a tournament presided over by King Theseus.T057549516Producer Shakespeare's Globe. Director Barrie Rutter. Design Jessica Worrall. Music Eliza Carthy. Performer Paul Stocker (Palamon). Performer Bryan Dick (Arcite). Performer Matt Henry Pirithous). Performer Jude Akuwudike (Theseus). Performer Moyo Akande (Hippolyta). Performer Ellora Torchia (Emilia). Performer Sue Davaney (First Queen). Performer Francesca Mills (Jailer's Daughter). Performer Andy Cryer. Performer Melissa James. Performer Kat Rose-Martin. Performer Jon Trenchard. Performer Jos Vantyler. | |
| 25 May 18 to 30 Jun 18 | Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, West End :: V165 listing details L1241795807 |
T1295975494Company Royal Shakespeare Company. Director Blanche McIntyre. Design Anna Fleischle. Lighting Charles Balfour. Sound Gregory Clarke. Director Alistair David (movement director). Performer Joe Allen (Fighter). Performer Sally Bankes (Schoolmistress). Performer Ashley Campbell (Boss). | |
| 17 Aug 16 to 7 Feb 17 | Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon :: V136 listing details L420461945 |
T1010061100Company Instant Classics. Director David Cottis. Design Zoe Hammond. Lighting Joshua Sung. Performer Richard Blackman. Performer Cavan Clarke. Performer Robert Harding. Performer Lanna Joffrey. Performer Roanna Lewis. Performer Simon Mitelman. Performer Amy Tobias. | |
| 9 Jun 15 to 27 Jun 15 | White Bear, Inner London :: V256 listing details L01754859081 |
Shakespeare's Bookends - T01159106507Before the comedies there was The Two Gentlemen of Verona. After the tragedies there was The Two Noble Kinsmen. Perfect Shadow Mingled Yarn presents the two plays that bookend Shakespeare's career as a playwright. Together, two fairytales unfold, two different and difficult examinations of love: one light, one dark, one young, one old, one comic, one tragic. Performing these plays in rep, Perfect Shadow Mingled Yarn will explore how much love changes across Shakespeare's career, and how much it stays the same.Company Perfect Shadow Mingled Yarn. Director Matthew Monaghan. Design Sophia Ahmed. Lighting Drew Turner. Performer Matthew Cosgrove (Pirithous). Performer Tom Durrant Pritchard (Theseus). Performer Laura Elsworth (Jailer's Daughter). Performer Elliot Fitzpatrick (Palamon). Performer Lucy Fyffe (Hippolyta). Performer Amelia Kirk (Sylvia). Performer Henryk Roberts (Jailer). Performer Fraser Wall (Arcite). | |
| 21 Aug 12 to 8 Sep 12 | Jack Studio Theatre (previously Brockley Studio Theatre), Outer London :: V299 listing details L772760964 |
T1926581131Company Just Enough Theatre. Adapted by John Fletcher. Director John East. | |
| 22 Feb 12 to 3 Mar 12 | The Space, Outer London :: V1199 listing details L02108236854 |
| 17 Feb 12 to 18 Feb 12 | Theatre Royal, Bath :: V854 listing details L01336661063 |
T1858204910Company Youth Theatre Company. | |
| 1 Dec 11 to 3 Dec 11 | The Garage, Inner London :: V040865637 listing details L01831910975 |
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| 3 Aug 11 to 4 Aug 11 | Theatre Royal, Bath :: V854 listing details L0832535645 |
T0305867447Company Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. | |
| 10 Mar 04 to 20 Mar 04 | Bristol Old Vic, Bristol :: V857 listing details L796098408 |
T01414898218Company Theatre West. | |
| 6 Mar 02 to 16 Mar 02 | Bristol Old Vic, Bristol :: V857 listing details L1799587657 |
T02012191072This production transports us to the last days of the First World War, the conflict is over, the nation celebrates but the damage remains. P.O.W. Palamon and Arcite fall for the same woman, and the cycle of violence threatens to begin again. Hell's Belles with an international cast take this ancient story, and create a narrative of wit, beauty and passion, with the last cliff-hanger ending left in Shakespeare.Producer Pluto. Company Hell's Belles. Director Bronwen Carr. Design Jennifer Wilson. Performer Andrea Avest. Performer Karianne Flaathen. Performer Tim Fessler. Performer Jeffery Kaplow. Performer Jamie Macfee. Performer Susan Macmillan. Performer Peter McCrohon. Performer Rory O'Donnell. Performer Oliver Trestain. Performer Jenny Walter. | |
| 21 Nov 00 to 10 Dec 00 | Theatre503, Inner London :: V232 listing details L528575355 |
T01443463035Running time approximately 2 hours 20 minutes including interval.Director Tim Carroll. Costume Roger Butlin. | |
| 29 Jul 00 to 23 Sep 00 | Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, West End :: V165 listing details L996158525 |
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| 21 May 06 | Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon :: V136 listing details L1481814144 |
