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Performed by the LSC and Converse Theatre at
The Lawn, Lincoln 16th - 20th November 1999
Guildhall Arts Centre, Grantham 23rd November
1999
Spilsby Theatre, Spilsby 26th November 1999
Trinity Arts Centre, Gainsborough 27th November
1999
Director: John Bowtell
Music: Liz Lucas, Richard Still, Chris Disley,
Damo Waters, Laurie Bennett.
Cast
Rosencrantz : Jo Hollingworth
Guildenstern : Lisa Melligan
The Player : Phil Mead
Tragedians : Aggi Gunstone, Liz Lucas, Rachel
Baynton
Hamlet : John Armitage
Ophelia : Maisie Lucas
Claudius : Chas Rodgers
Gertrude : Becci Hainsworth
Polonius : Graham King
Horatio : Matthew Jones
Fortinbras : Craig Norris
Pausing nowhere in particular, Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern are tossing coins and the law of probability comes
into serious question. They recall being summoned to the Court in
Elsinore: urgent business, no question asked. En route they encounter
a band of travelling players who have fallen on hard times. Given
their instructions by the King and Queen, they immediately think
of the players as a way to cheer Prince Hamlet up whilst trying
to work out whether he's really mad or not. The performance has
unforseen consequences - at least to them - but then nobody's giving
them much information to go on...
Collaboration between the Lincoln Shakespeare
Company and Converse Theatre has produced an inventiveness, energy,
willingness to share and try out new ideas. Despite the serious
themes - identity, fate, death - we have laughed together a great
deal.
John Bowtell, Director.
See also: www.conversetheatre/archive/R&G/ros&guil.htm
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