Monday 8th September 2003
Wherefore art thou, Romeo? | |
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| | English Touring Theatre present Shakespeare’s classic love story Romeo and Juliet. |
| | | English Touring Theatre returns to Malvern Theatres with a revival of the world’s greatest and most tragic love story, Romeo and Juliet.
 My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me, That I must love a loathed enemy  | | Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 4 |
It's directed by Stephen Unwin, who directed Timothy West in King Lear in Malvern last autumn.
He's set the play in a bustling, realistically drawn society, and with tragic inevitability, shows how the doomed lovers are torn apart.
English Touring Theatre are well known for their accessible productions of classic work, in particular Shakespeare. The most recently, a co-production with Malvern Theatres, King Lear starring Timothy West which received the highest critical acclaim.
They've brought other shows to Malvern including John Gabriel Borkman with Michael Pennington (2003), Ghosts with Diana Quick (2002), The Caretaker (2001) and The Cherry Orchard with Prunella Scales (2000).
In this production Laura Rees is Juliet. She was most recently seen in the RSC’s production of Brand alongside Ralph Fiennes.
Opposite her is Adam Croasdell who stars as Romeo. He has appeared in numerous productions including Antigone at Bristol Old Vic and Office Games at Pleasance Theatre.
The extensive cast also includes Michael Cronin as Friar Laurence (Gloucester in King Lear at Malvern last autumn) and Anna Francolini as Lady Capulet (recently seen playing the lead in The Ballad of Little Jo at The Bridewell). | | | |
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