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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.<\/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, Edda Kay SHARPE and Dick WARING<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

PRINCE ESCALUS: Edda Kay SHARPE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MERCUTIO: Claire HARRISON<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PARIS: Andy SPENCER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGE to PARIS: Tim BARTLETT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MONTAGUE: Ian GOLDUP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LADY MONTAGUE: Lynda GRAY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ROMEO: Eleanor EDMUNDS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BENVOLIO: Claire GILES<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABRAHAM: Colin WAYMARK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BALTHASAR: Sam PALMER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CAPULET: Peter PALMER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LADY CAPULET: No\u00ebl GREIG<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JULIET: Debbie RICHARDSON<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TYBALT: Kerry SCURFIELD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NURSE: Dick WARING<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PETER: Liz TURNER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SAMPSON: David WHITE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GREGORY: Nicola TAYLOR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A CLOWN: Dorothy SMITH<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SERVANTS: Emma GRAY, Teresa ORLANDO, Ruth PILLING, Victoria WHITE,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah WRIGLEY,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRIAR LAURENCE: Gerry CAVELL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRIAR JOHN: Kathryn JAMES<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

WARDROBE: Annabel LEE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MUSIC: David BAIRD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FENCING MASTER: Bob GAMBRILL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STAGE MANAGERS: Bob GRAY, Dominic TUCKER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS: Ben PALMER, Tim BARTLETT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TECHNICIANS: Bernard DORE, Ken SHORT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PHOTGRAPHS: Martin CARROLL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRONT OF HOUSE: Marion SHORT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

ILLUSTRATIONS: Quentin BLAKE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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 No\u00ebl 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: No\u00ebl 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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131","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\/131","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=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":817,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions\/817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}