Details

The Fairy Queen is based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and is a mixture of opera and ballet played out in a succession of human and mythological scenes in all its Baroque splendour. An adaptation of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Purcell's The Fairy Queen. Script by Ruth Mariner with music adapted and edited by William Cole.

Cast/Performers

Rhiannon Llewellyn (Titania), Lucy Knight (Margent), Anna Cavaliero (Ground-Ivy), Felicity Turner (Blackthorn), Alexander Simpson (Cowslip), Laurence Kilsby (Bud), Oliver Brignall (Kernel / Father), Edmund Danon (Oberon), Piran Legg (Moth Wing), Roland Harrad (Puck)

Creatives/Company

Author(s): Purcell, Ruth Mariner
Director: Ruth Mariner
Conductor: William Cole
Design: Simon Bejer
Lighting: George Lawton