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Dateline:
10th December, 2002
RSC Spring/Summer 2003 in Stratford
Productions at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
RSC Associate Director Gregory Doran directs Shakespeare's uncompromising
comedy on the main stage, and the lesser known sequel by John Fletcher,
The Tamer Tamed, in the Swan Theatre.
Alexandra Gilbreath returns to the company to play both Katharine in
Shrew and Maria in The Tamer Tamed. Alexandra last performed
with the company in 2000 as Juliet in Michael Boyd's production of Romeo
and Juliet and Rosalind in As You Like It, directed by Gregory
Doran.
Jasper Britton also returns to the RSC to play Petruchio in both plays.
Jasper last appeared with the company in the 1993/4 season in Antony
and Cleopatra, Tamburlaine and Unfinished Business.
Shrew previews from April 2003.
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
Following Shrew on the main stage in Stratford is Shakespeare's
dark problem play, Measure for Measure, directed by Sean Holmes.
Sean directed the production of The Roman Actor in the Jacobean
Season of plays currently performing at the Gielgud Theatre in London.
The leading role of Isabella is played by award-winning actress Emma
Fielding. Emma's last RSC production was School for Scandal in
the Barbican Theatre, directed by Declan Donnellan, in 1998/9.
Measure for Measure previews from April 2003
Richard III by William Shakespeare
Sean Holmes directs this ever popular history play, seen as the fourth
part of the Henry VI trilogy.
Award-winning actor Henry Goodman returns to the RSC stage after fifteen
years to play the title role.
The last RSC production of this play was as part of the Henry VI
trilogy directed by Michael Boyd during the This England - The
Histories series of plays in 2000.
Richard III previews from July 2003
Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
RSC Honorary Associate Director Bill Alexander directs this rarely performed
and violent Shakespeare play of murder and revenge. This is the first
RSC production of this play since 1987 when Deborah Warner directed
Brian Cox in the title role.
Bill Alexander's last productions for the RSC were The Taming of
the Shrew and The School of the Night in 1993.
Titus Andronicus previews from September 2003
Productions in The Swan Theatre
As You Like It by William Shakespeare
As You Like It is directed by Gregory Thompson, making his RSC
directorial debut. His most recent work includes the open air production
of The Tempest at Lincoln's Inn Fields and Max Frisch's Andorra at the
Young Vic.
After initial performances in the Swan, this production will travel
to Washington to perform at the Kennedy Center before returning in May
for the remainder of the Festival Season in Stratford.
As You Like It previews from March 2003
The Tamer Tamed by John Fletcher
John Fletcher wrote his version of this battle of the sexes, also known
as The Woman's Prize, in 1611, before collaborating directly
with Shakespeare on Henry VIII. The story is seen as a sequel
to Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, with the 'wife tamer'
Petruchio getting a taste of his own medicine as his second wife Maria
sets about 'taming' him.
Gregory Doran's last project with the RSC was the presentation of five
rarely performed Jacobean and Elizabethan plays which, after a sell
out season in the Swan theatre in Spring/Summer 2002, recently transferred
to the Gielgud Theatre in London. As well as leading the Swan season,
Gregory directed Fletcher's The Island Princess.
The Tamer Tamed previews from March 2003
Brand by Henrik Ibsen, translated by Michael Meyer
This production is presented in association with the Theatre Royal Haymarket
Productions and Stanhope Productions.
Directed by outgoing RSC Artistic Director Adrian Noble, this rarely
performed portrait of faith and the search for enlightenment was written
by Ibsen in 1866 and is being staged for the very first time at the
RSC. Cast from a 'stand alone' company, it performs a six week run in
the Swan Theatre before transferring to the Theatre Royal Haymarket
in London.
Ralph Fiennes takes the title role of the troubled priest. He last
appeared at the RSC in 1990 when he played Berowne in Love's Labour's
Lost and Troilus in Troilus and Cressida.
Previews from April 2003.
Cymbeline by William Shakespeare
The final production to open in the Swan Theatre is the first staging
of the play in this venue.
Dominic Cooke, whose production of The Malcontent is part of
the Jacobean Season of plays currently playing at the Gielgud Theatre,
directs Emma Fielding as the wronged heroine, Imogen.
The last RSC production of Cymbeline was directed by Adrian
Noble in the 1997 season at the RST/Barbican with Joanne Pearce in the
role of Imogen.
Previews from July 2003.
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