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The success of The Dream created an enthusiasm for a second production the following year. From Shakespeare\u2019s best-known play, the team moved on to his least known. Pericles is a story of the sea. The production was imbued with the same ethos and philosophy that had made The Dream such a success. The entire town was invited to take part and many did. The audience were instructed to assemble on the beach to witness Prince Pericles with all the cast, emerge from the waves and join him in procession to the nearby Deal Castle where his adventures around the Mediterranean were enacted. The production made full use of the many opportunities afforded by the castle and established a style of site-specific theatre that would influence the subsequent years of the Theatre Project and as well as theatre practice far and wide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DIRECTED & DESIGNED<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Luke DIXON & Paul DART<\/p>\n\n\n\n

in collaboration with No\u00ebl GREIG Janice PERRY and Dick WARING.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CAST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JOHN GOWER, the storyteller: No\u00ebl GREIG<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ANTIOCHUS, King of Antioch: Ian GOLDUP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PERICLES, Prince of Tyre: Paul TAYLOR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DAUGHTER of Antiochus: Fiona TAYLOR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THALIARD, a lord of Antioch: Dick WARING<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RIDDLERS: Tom PALMER, Sam PALMER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HELICANUS, lord of Tyre: Christopher SEWELL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CLEON, governor of Tarsus: Peter PALMER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DIONYZA, wife of Cleon: Liz TURNER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FISHERFOLK of Pentapolis: Emma GRAY, Lynda GRAY, Dorothy SMITH<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SIMONIDES, King of Pentapolis: Gerry CAVELL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THAISA, Daughter of Simonides: Jessica ROBINSON<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LYCHORIDA, a nurse: Elizabeth VARNEY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CERIMON, a lord of Ephesus: Alan DALE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A GENTLEMAN of Ephesus: Nathan SEWELL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LEONINE, servant to Dionyza: Elizabeth VARNEY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MARINA, Daughter of Pericles: Emma O\u2019BRIEN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three PIRATES: Emma GRAY, Lynda GRAY, Dorothy SMITH<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BAWD of the Mytilene brothel: Janice PERRY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BOULT, servant of the bawd: Dick WARING<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LYSIMACHUS, governor of Mytilene: Andrew SPENCER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DIANA, goddess of chastity: Janice PERRY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CREW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRODUCTION MANAGER: Lee BOXHALL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WARDROBE: Heather JOINER, Sue WICKS, Susan SCARFE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STAGE MANAGER: Bob GRAY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEPUTY STAGE MANAGER: Siobh\u00e1nn TIGHE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER: Nicholas GRAY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS: Angela BUSER-MITCHELL, Karl BROWN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BOX OFFICE MANAGERS: Nan and Kev KEVILL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PHOTOGRAPHS: Sarah AINSLIE, Martin CARROLL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

POSTER ILLUSTRATION: Quentin BLAKE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADMINISTRATION: Liz TURNER<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The success of The Dream created an enthusiasm for a second production the following year. From Shakespeare\u2019s best-known play, the team moved on to his least known. Pericles is a story of the sea. The production was imbued with the same ethos and philosophy that had made The Dream such a success. The entire town was invited to take part and many did. The audience were instructed to assemble on the beach to witness Prince Pericles with all the cast, emerge from the waves and join him in procession to the nearby Deal Castle where his adventures around the Mediterranean were enacted. The production made full use of the many opportunities afforded by the castle and established a style of site-specific theatre that would influence the subsequent years of the Theatre Project and as well as theatre practice far and wide. DIRECTED & DESIGNED by Luke DIXON & Paul DART in collaboration with No\u00ebl GREIG Janice PERRY and Dick WARING. CAST JOHN GOWER, the storyteller: No\u00ebl GREIG ANTIOCHUS, King of Antioch: Ian GOLDUP PERICLES, Prince of Tyre: Paul TAYLOR DAUGHTER of Antiochus: Fiona TAYLOR THALIARD, a lord of Antioch: Dick WARING RIDDLERS: Tom PALMER, Sam PALMER HELICANUS, lord of Tyre: Christopher SEWELL CLEON, governor of Tarsus: Peter PALMER DIONYZA, wife of Cleon: Liz TURNER FISHERFOLK of Pentapolis: Emma GRAY, Lynda GRAY, Dorothy SMITH SIMONIDES, King of Pentapolis: Gerry CAVELL THAISA, Daughter of Simonides: Jessica ROBINSON LYCHORIDA, a nurse: Elizabeth VARNEY CERIMON, a lord of Ephesus: Alan DALE A GENTLEMAN of Ephesus: Nathan SEWELL LEONINE, servant to Dionyza: Elizabeth VARNEY MARINA, Daughter of Pericles: Emma O\u2019BRIEN Three PIRATES: Emma GRAY, Lynda GRAY, Dorothy SMITH BAWD of the Mytilene brothel: Janice PERRY BOULT, servant of the bawd: Dick WARING LYSIMACHUS, governor of Mytilene: Andrew SPENCER DIANA, goddess of chastity: Janice PERRY CREW PRODUCTION MANAGER: Lee BOXHALL WARDROBE: Heather JOINER, Sue WICKS, Susan SCARFE STAGE MANAGER: Bob GRAY DEPUTY STAGE MANAGER: Siobh\u00e1nn TIGHE ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER: Nicholas GRAY PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS: Angela BUSER-MITCHELL, Karl BROWN BOX OFFICE MANAGERS: Nan and Kev KEVILL PHOTOGRAPHS: Sarah AINSLIE, Martin CARROLL POSTER ILLUSTRATION: Quentin BLAKE ADMINISTRATION: Liz TURNER<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":556,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-12"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":816,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions\/816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}