The Tempest (2003)
Directed by Stuart Draper
Performances: 2nd - 6th December 2003, Bell Theatre
Contents
Introduction
Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, is ousted by Antonio, his scheming younger brother,and turned adrift at sea with his three-year-old daughter, Miranda. Eventually they cast ashore on an island, the sole mortal inhabitant of which is Caliban, the son of Scyorax, a North African witch who had been banished to the island years earlier, but who had died before Prospero's arrival. The island is also inhabited by spirits, whom Prospero commands with his magic, the chief of whom is Ariel.
The play begins twelve years after Prospero's exile. A ship carrying Antonio, Alonso, the King of Naples, together with Alonso's brother and son, Sebastian and Ferdinand, sails past Prospero's island on its way from Tunis in North Africa to Naples. Prospero raises a storm - the tempest of the title - and wrecks their ship. The passengers are all saved, but Ferdinand is washed ashore in a different part of the island from his companions, and so believes himself to be the sole survivor, while they in turn believe him to be dead...
Cast
- Ariel (Fire) - Truman Wright
- Ariel (Water) - George Mulcahy
- Ariel (Air) - Luke Wholey-Jones and Arthur Hannah
- Prospero - Matthew Bartlett
- The Boatswain - Norman Peachman
- Francisco - Paul Fortune
- Miranda - Joanna Molloy
- Caliban - Peter Fortune
- Ferdinand - Simon Holland
- Sebastian - Nick Mansley
- Antonio - Joe St Johanser
- Gonzalo - Alan Jarvis
- Alonso - John Lyne
- Stephano - Simon Gleisner
- Trinculo - Alan Buckman
- Crabbe The Dog - Crabbe The Dog
- Juliano - Charlie Storer
- Puppeteers - Emma Jane Connolly, Jenny Gammon, Cara Thomas, Paul Fortune, Charlie Storer, David Clark
- Goddess - Helen Chadney
- Goddess - Anna York
- Goddess - Jenny Gammon
- Sprites and Nymphs:
- Romeo - Roisin McLaighlin-Dowd
- Juliet - Kadian Simpson
- Puck - Joe Pettitt
- Hamlet - David Clark
- Macbeth - Donal Emerson
- Bottom - Matteo Patmore
- Mechanicals - Rafaella Patmore, Matilda Hunt, Jacob Wise, Ella Palmer, Melody Adelaja
Crew
- Director - Stuart Draper
- PA - Dee Fancett
- Set Design - Mark Bullock
- Lighting Design - Stuart Draper
- Stage Managers - Cara Thomas, Jenny Gammon
- Props - Alan Buckman
- Puppet Design and Construction - Alan Buckman, Val Williams
- Sound Design - Christopher Vian-Smith
- Lighting Operator - Phil Gammon
- Sound Operator - Peter Medd
- Set Construction - Ashley Gay, Mark Bullock, Peter Fortune, Alan Buckman, Anna York, Norman Peachman, Lisa Marsh
- Rigging - Bernie Bullbrook
- Poster - Stuart Draper
- Photography - Tim Hinchliffe
- Thanks to Maggie Kruger, Val Williams, Derek Brain, Anton Krause and Guido
Reviews
"This great big gaudy dizzy shouting painted sailor's whore of a production."
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Reminiscences and Anecdotes
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