Details

The play is a theatrical journey through Blake's prophetic books and sets the story of Jerusalem against living tableaux of Blake's masterly engravings from The Book of Job, interspersed with key moments in Blake's life and incorporating original music and contemporary dance.

Cast/Performers

Tim Bruce (William Blake / Jesus the Imagination), Deborah Eckman (Satan), Monia Giovannangeli (Catherine Blake), Carl Johan Haggman (Percussion / Rev. Matthews), Marja Merisalo (Sarah Boucher), Alexandra Maitland Hume (Richmond), Mirjam Varma (Elihu), Eva Neubauer (Satan), Sergio Otero (Robert Blake), Francesca Panariti (Dancer), Vanessa Payer-Kumar (Job's Wife / Jerusalem), Nicolette Renault (Mrs Boucher / Jones), Adda van Zanden (Elohim the Creator / Ekekiel), Leo Vertunni (Palmer)

Creatives/Company

Author(s): William Blake, Paul Duncan
Company: Friends of William Blake Group
Director(s): Tim Bruce, Monia Giovannangeli, Vanessa Payer-Kumar, Victor Vertunni (Artistic Director), Tim Bruce, Vanessa Payer-Kumar
Design(s): Theo de Loontjens, Hugo de Loontjens, Thea de Loontjens, Hugo de Loontjens
Lighting(s): Bjoern Kurt, Bjoern Kurt
Choreographer(s): Monia Giovannangeli, Monia Giovannangeli
Music(s): Deborah Eckman, Emanuel Shulz, Dorthe Rose Swastha
Sound: Andreas van Engelen
Costume(s): Antonio Giovannangeli, Antonietta Giovannangeli, Marianne Shulz, Duncan Baillie, Thuy Baillie
Other: Mario Barba (Stage Manager)