After four years of Shakespeare, it was time for a change. So, in 1991 there were two very different yet complementary productions: at Deal Castle, a play by Shakespeare’s contemporary Christopher Marlowe was staged, Doctor Faustus. On Deal Pier, which had hosted the last night of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a novel processional reimagining of The Tempest took place. Both used all the tropes, conceits and conventions that by now had become familiar every summer in Deal: community casting, amateur and professional actors, spectacular settings and costumes, music, song and dance, and a joyous, celebratory atmosphere.

DOCTOR FAUSTUS

DIRECTED

by

Luke DIXON

CAST

FAUSTUS: Andrew SPENCER

MEPHISTOPHILIS: Richard WARING

THE POPE: John WATSON

Spirit in the shape of HELEN of TROY: Gerry CAVELL

CLOWN: Laurence WALLNOUGH

All other parts played by: Ruth PILLING, Sarah PARFITT, Sam PALMER,

Peter PALMER, Claire GILES, and Russell BRIGHT.

THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS created and portrayed by students from

St. Martin’s School of Art.

CREW

DESIGNER: Annabel LEE

STAGE MANAGER: Dominic TUCKER

PHOTOGRAPHS: Martin CARROLL

ADMINISTRATION: Liz TURNER

A TEMPEST

DEVISED, DIRECTED and DESIGNED

by

Paul DART

Sound and Technical Director: Lee BOXHALL

The Actors: Nick MCCONNELL, Claire GILES, Emma O’BRIEN

Esme MCCONNELL, Colin WAYMARK, Russell TOMLINSON PATTON

Abigail ARCHER