A story of a struggling playwright in Elizabethan London at the time of Shakespeare and Marlowe. This is a very clever, entertaining play that shows the other playwrights at that time and how they had financial struggle and failure because of their successful rivals.
‘This is Druid at its most daring’- City Tribune, 19 July 1991
‘a diamond of a play’- Galway Advertiser, 18 July 1991
‘a magnificent production of one of the most clever, funny and moving pieces of theatre I’ve seen in a long time’- The Sunday Independent, 21 July 1991
‘An intoxicating blend of lust, fear and greed’- The Irish Times, 22 July 1991
Credits
Cast
Robert Green Maelíosa Stafford
Cutting Ball/ Ned Alleyn/ Fish Seller Phelim Drew
Alice/ Mary Frith Ali White
W. Shakespeare/ C. Marlowe Patrick Dickson
Creative Team
Director Roland Jacquarello
Design Kathy Strachan
Lighting Design Roger Simonsz
Music (composed & performed) Brendan O’Regan
Costume Design Kathy Strachan
Production Team
Production Manager Tony Killeen
Stage Director Moya McHugh
Stage Manager Bernie Walsh
Assistant Stage Manager Angela Duffy
Chief Electrician David Murphy
Set Construction Alan Clarke
Assisted By Frank Gleeson
Costume Construction Monica Ennis
The Costume Company
Amy Stewart
Ms. White’s Costumes Cut By Nigel Boyd
Scenic Artist Adam Cutts
Trainee Director John Crowley
Operators David Murphy
Eamonn Fox
Soundtrack recorded by Pat Neary
Production Photography Amelia Stein
Poster Design The Graphiconies
Script Editor Martin Drury
Box Office Ann O’Dea
Front of House Niall Barrett
Yvonne Barrett
Ethel Burke
Joan Mallon
Orfhlaith Stafford
Mike Ward
Artistic Director Maelíosa Stafford
General Manager Jane Daly
Administrator Anne Butler
Dates & Tickets
Galway
Druid Theatre, Chapel Lane
18 July
- 31 August 1991