ROMEO AND JULIET 1989

Having enjoyed working at one castle, the Project moved to another for the production of Romeo and Juliet. Walmer Castle offered opportunities very different from the confines of Deal. The extensive grounds allowed spectacular processions, movement across wide vistas, and a playful approach to period reconstruction. This was the first of the productions to employ a fully radical gender-bending approach to casting with female actresses in male roles and male actors in female roles.

DIRECTED & DESIGNED

by

Luke DIXON & Paul DART

in collaboration with Noël GREIG, Edda Kay SHARPE and Dick WARING

CAST

PRINCE ESCALUS: Edda Kay SHARPE

MERCUTIO: Claire HARRISON

PARIS: Andy SPENCER

PAGE to PARIS: Tim BARTLETT

MONTAGUE: Ian GOLDUP

LADY MONTAGUE: Lynda GRAY

ROMEO: Eleanor EDMUNDS

BENVOLIO: Claire GILES

ABRAHAM: Colin WAYMARK

BALTHASAR: Sam PALMER

CAPULET: Peter PALMER

LADY CAPULET: Noël GREIG

JULIET: Debbie RICHARDSON

TYBALT: Kerry SCURFIELD

NURSE: Dick WARING

PETER: Liz TURNER

SAMPSON: David WHITE

GREGORY: Nicola TAYLOR

A CLOWN: Dorothy SMITH

SERVANTS: Emma GRAY, Teresa ORLANDO, Ruth PILLING, Victoria WHITE,

Sarah WRIGLEY,

FRIAR LAURENCE: Gerry CAVELL

FRIAR JOHN: Kathryn JAMES

CREW

PRODUCTION MANAGER: Lee BOXHALL

WARDROBE: Annabel LEE

MUSIC: David BAIRD

FENCING MASTER: Bob GAMBRILL

STAGE MANAGERS: Bob GRAY, Dominic TUCKER

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS: Ben PALMER, Tim BARTLETT

TECHNICIANS: Bernard DORE, Ken SHORT

PHOTGRAPHS: Martin CARROLL

FRONT OF HOUSE: Marion SHORT

BOX OFFICE: Nan and Kev KEVILL

ILLUSTRATIONS: Quentin BLAKE

ADMINISTRATION: Liz TURNER