THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL

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Run Dates

2024.07.02 ~ 2024.09.06

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About the show

Tinuke Craig's hot pink production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 1777 The School For Scandal played in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon during summer 2024. 1770s London, where the aristocracy’s morals have plunged lower than the necklines on the women’s gowns. The vicious Lady Sneerwell enjoys ruining reputations for pleasure, and her latest target is the young bachelor Charles Surface — why should this pretentious little rake inherit his uncle’s fortune? Together with Charles’ conniving brother Joseph, Sneerwell orchestrates an elaborate scheme of intrigue and infidelity that’s sure to ruffle all the right feathers — hopefully. After Shakespeare but long before Bridgerton, there was The School for Scandal, Sheridan’s brilliantly biting comedy of manners in five acts. This new production — styled to the nines with period flair — promises an exuberant feast of big wigs and even bigger laughs.

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CAST Stefan Adegbola - Joseph Surface Jessica Alade - Lappet Omar Bynon - Careless John Dougall - Rowley Riess Fennell - Bill Siubhan Harrison - Lady Sneerwell Emily Houghton - Mrs Candour Wil Johnson - Sir Oliver Surface Yasemin Junqueira - Moppet John Leader - Charles Surface David Mara - Trip Tadeo Martinez - Snake Shazia Nicholls - Morehouse Yasemin Ӧzdemir - Maria David Partridge - Sir Harry Bumper Geoffrey Streatfeild - Sir Peter Teazle Jason Thorpe - Crabtree Tara Tijani - Lady Teazle Patrick Walshe McBride - Sir Benjamin Backbite CREATIVE TEAM Playwright – Richard Brinsley Sheridan Director - Tinuke Craig Set and Costume Designer - Alex Lowde Lighting Designer - Oliver Fenwick Composer - D.J Walde Sound Designer - Max Pappenheim Movement Director - Ingrid Mackinnon Video Designer - Ravi Deepres Dramaturg - Jude Christian Casting Director - Matthew Dewsbury CDG Music Director - Ellie Verkerk Voice & Text - Nia Lynn Assistant Director - Ellie Hurt production photo ©Marc Brenner

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Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Stratford

United Kingdom

Stratford

United Kingdom

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