THE ALCHEMIST

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Run Dates

2016.05.26 ~ 2016.08.06

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2016.05.26 ~ 2016.08.06

Barbican Centre

About the show

When London is hit by an outbreak of the plague, the wealthy Lovewit flees to the country, leaving his townhouse in the hands of his trusted butler, Jeremy. No sooner has his master left, Jeremy begins turning the house into a den of criminal activity. Assuming an alias, he recruits fellow conman Subtle and prostitute Doll Common to help him and sets out to rip-off half of London. Soon every knock at the front door is another unwitting victim begging to be relieved of their cash. Things couldn't be going better for the gleeful trio until they receive a very unwelcome visitor. Polly Findlay's adaptation of Jonson's The Alchemist ran in in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon during summer 2016, then transferred to the Barbican.

Details

CAST Will Bliss - Neighbour/Officer John Cummins - Ananias Ruth Everett - Neighbour Gabriel Fleary - Neighbour/Officer Theo Fraser Steele - Neighbour Natey Jones - Neighbour/Officer Richard Leeming - Abel Drugger Mark Lockyer - Subtle Tom McCall - Kastril Joshua McCord - Dapper; Siobhán McSweeney - Dol Common Hywel Morgan - Lovewit Ken Nwosu - Face Ian Redford - Sir Epicure Mammon Rosa Robson - Dame Pliant Tim Samuels - Sir Pertinax Surly Timothy Speyer - Tribulation Wholesome Eleanor Wyld - Neighbour CREATIVE TEAM Playwright – Ben Jonson Director - Polly Findlay Designer - Helen Goddard Lighting - Charles Balfour Music - Corin Buckeridge Sound - Gregory Clarke Movement - Clive Mendus Fights - Kate Waters Original prologue and script revisions - Stephen Jeffreys production photo Helen Maybanks © RSC

Where it's been performed

Barbican Centre

London

United Kingdom

London

United Kingdom

RSC

Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Stratford

United Kingdom

Stratford

United Kingdom

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