THE FAIR MAID OF THE WEST

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Run Dates

2023.12.02 ~ 2024.01.14

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About the show

Liz Bridges might seem ordinary, but it turns out that a life spent lending ears, mending hearts and serving beers has all been in preparation for the ultimate test of her character. Thomas Heywood’s Elizabethan romp The Fair Maid of the West featured in the Swan Theatre’s opening season in 1986. It was redefined and modernised by Isobel McArthur (Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of)) and played in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon Avon from November 2023 to January 2024. This celebratory, music-filled, ensemble pub-based comedy, where the heroes are local and the locals are all heroes, is about the life-saving powers of community, compromise and compassion. Especially in those moments when all our happy hours seem to be behind us.

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CAST Windbag /Ensemble - Tom Babbage Roughman /Ensemble /Music Captain - Aruhan Galieva Duke de Lerma /Ensemble - Marc Giro Liz / Ensemble - Amber James Pub Regular /Ensemble - Richard Katz Spencer /Ensemble - Philip Labey Newspaper Man /Ensemble - Melissa Lowe Off-stage cover /Fight Captain - William Pennington The King of Spain /Ensemble - David Rankine Clem /Ensemble - Emmy Stonelake Off-stage cover /Dance Captain - Christina Tedders Bardolf /Ensemble - Matthew Woodyatt CREATIVE TEAM Playwright – Thomas Heywood Director - Isobel McArthur Designer & Spanish Consultant - Ana Inés Jabares-Pita Music - Michael John McCarthy Lighting - Sinéad McKenna Sound - Niamh Gaffney Movement - Emily Jane Boyle Dramaturg - Pippa Hill Fights - Claire Llewellyn Music Director - Tarek Merchant Voice & Text - Jeannette Nelson Casting Director - Martin Poile Translator & Spanish Consultant - Rosalind Harvey production photo ©Ali Wright

Where it's been performed

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Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Stratford

United Kingdom

Stratford

United Kingdom

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