Propeller Shakespeare
TWELFTH NIGHT
Edited by Edward Hall and Roger Warren
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Cover design by James Illman. Mask designed and made by
Michael Pavelka for Propeller’s production of Twelfth Night.
Production images © Manuel Harlan.
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Contents
Propeller’s Twelfth Night was first performed at the Old Vic, London, on 5 January 2007 with the following cast:
FESTE Tony Bell ORSINO, Duke of Illyria Jack Tarlton CURIO, his servant Jon Trenchard VIOLA, later Cesario Tam Williams SEBASTIAN, her twin brother Joe Flynn A SEA CAPTAIN Dominic Tighe OLIVIA Dugald Bruce-Lockhart MALVOLIO, her steward Bob Barrett SIR TOBY BELCH, her uncle Jason Baughan MARIA, her gentlewoman Chris Myles SIR ANDREW AGUECHEEK, suitor to Olivia Simon Scardifield ANTONIO, a sea captain Alasdair Craig A PRIEST Jon Trenchard ENSEMBLE/UNDERSTUDY Tom McDonald
Other parts played by members of the company.
It was subsequently performed at:
Perth Festival, Australia
Hong Kong Festival
Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York Cambridge Arts Theatre
The Lowry, Salford
The Lighthouse, Poole
Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford
The Everyman, Cheltenham
Oxford Playhouse
Teatro Grassi, Milan
Neuss, Germany
The Watermill, Newbury
Twelfth Night was revived at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, on 8 November 2012, with the following cast:
FESTE Liam O’Brien ORSINO, Duke of Illyria Christopher Heyward CURIO, his servant Arthur Wilson VIOLA, later Cesario Joseph Chance SEBASTIAN, her twin brother Dan Wheeler A SEA CAPTAIN Benjamin O’Mahoney OLIVIA Ben Allen MALVOLIO, her steward Chris Myles SIR TOBY BELCH, her uncle Vince Leigh MARIA, her gentlewoman Gary Shelford SIR ANDREW AGUECHEEK, suitor to Olivia John Dougall ANTONIO, a sea captain Finn Hanlon A PRIEST Arthur Wilson OFFICERS Lewis Hart, Darrell Brockis
Other parts played by members of the company.
PRODUCTION TEAM Director Edward Hall Designer Michael Pavelka Lighting Designer Ben Ormerod Music by Propeller Vocal arrangements and additional music direction by Jon Trenchard Text adapted by Edward Hall and Roger Warren Sound David Gregory Associate Director Dugald Bruce-Lockhart Assistant Director George Ransley Company Manager Laura Routledge Production Manager Nick Ferguson Costume Supervisor Laura Rushton Stage Manager Edward Salt Deputy Stage Manager Eleanor Randall Assistant Stage Manager Janine Bardsley Wardrobe Mistress Bridget Fell Assistant to the Editors Angie Kendall Production Photographer Manuel Harlan Development Manager Cathy Baker General Manager Nick Chesterfield Executive Producer Caro MacKay
It was subsequently performed at:
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford
Theatre Nanterre-Amandiers, Nanterre
Festival Temporada Alta, Girona, Spain
Theatre Royal, Norwich
Theatre Royal, Plymouth
The Power Center, Ann Arbour, Michigan
Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis
The Lowry, Salford
Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
Rose Theatre, Kingston
Theatre Royal, Newcastle
Teatro