Cheapside

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