The Recruiting Officer

Details

'Unless we could make ourselves some pleasure amidst the pain, no mortal man would be able to bear it.' It's with the promise of money, glory and adventure that Captain Plume is recruiting the men of Shrewsbury for the King's army. He's also determined to make a conquest of Sylvia, but as she's now an heiress she can afford to put him to the test. All the while, the scheming Melinda is toying with the affections of Captain Brazen and the gentleman Mr Worthy. From military manoeuvring to sexual strategies, Farquhar's triumphant The Recruiting Officer, written in 1706, is an unashamed celebration of love, lustiness and victory in battle and in the bedroom.

Cast/Performers

Alec Newman (Plume), Andrew Lancel (Worthy), Debra Gillett (Silvia), Caroline Catz (Melinda), Nicholas Le Prevost (Brazen), Tom Georgeson (Justice Balance), Steven Speirs (Bullock), Katharine Burford (Lucy), Nicolas Tennant (Kite), Natalie Walter (Rose), Russell Tovey, Lorna Bennett, Kevin Bishop, Paul Cawley, Robert Wallace

Creatives/Company

Author: George Farquhar
Director(s): James Kerr, John Waller (fight), Jonathan Waller (fight)
Design: Tanya McCallin
Lighting: Tom Mannings
Sound: Tom Lishman