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KING JOHN
by William Shakespeare
Saturday 5 to Saturday 12 March 2011
Mary Wallace Theatre
Shakespeare's fascinating study of English power politics strays far from the common image of King John as the weak monarch forced to sign Magna Carta. Here he is portrayed battling with France and defending England's rights against the power of the Catholic Church - but at the cost of his own family. Filled, as ever, with memorable characters and wonderful verse the play has a strong underlying vein of black comedy.
Cast
KING JOHN Simon Mitelman QUEEN ELEANOR Frances Billington BLANCHE OF CASTILLE Nerys Williams EARL OF ESSEX Derek Stringer EARL OF SALISBURY David Wheatley EARL OF PEMBROKE Steve Brown PETER OF POMFRET/EXECUTIONER/SHERIFF/MONK Richard Morgan ENGLISH MESSENGER Simon Bartlett PHILIP FAULCONBRIDGE Mike Archer ROBERT FAULCONBRIDGE George Abbott LADY FAULCONBRIDGE Maureen Stewart JAMES GURNEY/EXECUTIONER/MESSENGER Ron Hudson KING PHILIP II OF FRANCE Peter Parkinson LOUIS THE DAUPHIN Jay Walsh VISCOUNT OF MELUN/CHATILLON Richard Rudd CONSTANCE Maxina Cornwell ARTHUR Harry Jarvis DUKE OF AUSTRIA Chris Hurles CARDINAL PANDULPH Michael Daly HUBERT John Gilbert
Creative Team
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Stage Manager:
Stephen King
Claudette Williamson
James Osmond
Ralph Blackbourn
Sue Roach, Irene Read
Elizabeth Terry
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The Embankment, Twickenham TW1 3DU
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