Details

Plagued by debt, tormented by writer's block and in desperate need of a new hit, promising new playwright Will Shakespeare finds his muse in the form of passionate young noblewoman, Viola De Lesseps. Their forbidden love soon draws everyone, including Queen Elizabeth herself, into the drama and inspires Will to write the greatest love story of all time, Romeo and Juliet. By special arrangement with Disney Theatrical Group and Sonia Friedman Productions

Cast/Performers

Pierro Niel-Mee (William Shakespeare), Imogen Daines (Viola), Rob Edwards (Fennyman), Geraldine Alexander (the Queen), Edmund Kingsley (Kit Marlowe), Bill Ward (Wessex), Ian Hughes (Henslowe), Giles Taylor (Tilney / De Lesseps), Edward Harrison (Burbage), Philip Labey (Sam), Rowan Polonski (Ned Alleyn / Catling), Kevin N Golding (Lambert / Wabash), Joshua Richards (Frees / Ralph), Jonathan Blaydon (Nol / Valentine), Richard Rowe McGhie (Adam), Rosalind Steele (Molly), Toby Webster (Peter / Robin), Jazmine Wilkinson (Webster / Mistress Quickly)

Creatives/Company

Author(s): Lee Hall (adapted for stage), Tom Stoppard (original film script), Marc Norman (original film script)
Producer(s): Eleanor Lloyd Productions, Theatre Royal Bath
Director(s): Phillip Breen, Ayse Tashkiran (movement)
Design: Max Jones
Lighting: Tina MacHugh
Sound: Dyfan Jones
Music: Paddy Cunneen