Run Dates
2006.07.27 ~ 2006.10.10
RSC
World Premiere
About the show
Presented as part of The Complete Works Festival, Rourke’s production was fresh, clear and, at times, frightening. She restored the pageantry to aid the storytelling and this was seen to great effect in the brightly-coloured medieval costumes that distinguished the different armies.
Details
CAST
Jamie Ballard – The Count Melun
Steven Beard – Chatillon / Executioner
Amy Brown – Isabella of Angouleme
Simon Bubb – Robert Faulconbridge / English Soldier / Monk
Morven Christie – Blanche
Sam Cox – Hubert
Sorcha Cusack – Queen Eleanor
Christopher Davies – Austrian Soldier / Monk / Peter of Pomfret
Nicholas Day – King Philip of France
Rupert Evans – Lewis the Dauphin
David Fielder – Cardinal Pandulph
Curtis Flowers – English Herald
Shane Frater – French Soldier / Monk / Executioner
Tamsin Grieg – Constance
John Heffernan – James Gurney / Austrian Soldier / Monk
Eliza Hunt – Lady Faluconbridge
Tanner Leon – Archduke of Austria
Geoffrey Lumb – French Herald / French Messenger
Richard McCabe – King John
Joseph Millson – Philip Faulconbridge
Sam O’Mahony-Adams – Soldier in the English Court / English Soldier / English Messenger
Adam Rayner – Earl of Essex
Patrick Robinson – Earl of Salisbury
Jonny Weir – Earl of Pembroke
Ralph Davis – Arthur
Jamie Thomas – Arthur
Charles Hamblett – Prince Henry
James Parris – Prince Henry
CREATIVE TEAM
Playwright – William Shakespeare
Director – Josie Rourke
Designer – Peter McKintosh
Light Designer – Neil Austin
Sound Designer – Christopher Shutt
Music – Jocelyn Pook
Movement – Dominic Leclerc
Fight Arranger – Terry King
production photo Stewart Hemley © RSC
