Theater Company, Boston
Hampstead Theatre, London
Neuss Festival, Germany
Galway Arts Festival
The tour was presented in association with the Touring Partnership, funded by the Arts Council of England, and sponsored by Coutts & Co.
Propeller’s The Comedy of Errors was subsequently revived at the Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield on 23 January 2014 with the following cast:
The DUKE of Ephesus Dominic Gerrard
AEGEON, a merchant of Syracuse Chris Myles
| ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE |
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his twins sons | Dan Wheeler |
| ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS | Joseph Chance |
| DROMIO OF SYRACUSE |
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their twin servants | Will Featherstone |
| DROMIO OF EPHESUS | Matthew McPherson |
ADRIANA, wife of Antipholus of Ephesus James Tucker
LUCIANA, her sister Arthur Wilson
BALTHASAR, a merchant Lewis Hart
ANGELO, a goldsmith David Acton
NELL, the kitchen-maid Alasdair Craig
OFFICER Richard Pepper
COURTESAN Matthew Pearson
PINCH, an exorcist Darrell Brockis
AEM ILIA, the Lady Abbess Alasdair Craig
Other parts played by members of the Company.
It was subsequently presented at:
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Theatre Royal, Nottingham
The Lyric, The Lowry, Salford
Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
Rose Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames
Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne
Théâtre de Marseille – La Criée
King’s Theatre, Edinburgh
National Theatre Craiova, Romania
Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Municipal Theatre, Istanbul, Turkey
Theatre Royal, Brighton
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford
Globe Theatre, Neuss, Germany
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director Edward Hall
Designer Michael Pavelka
Lighting Designer Ben Ormerod
Music Propeller
Sound David Gregory
Additional Music Direction Jon Trenchard
Text adapted by Edward Hall & Roger Warren
Associate Director Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
Assistant Director Ellen Havard
Costume Supervisor Laura Rushton
Production Manager Nick Ferguson
Company Manager Helen Drew
Stage Manager Nick Hill
Deputy Stage Manager Eleanor Randall
Assistant Stage Manager Janine Bardsley
Wardrobe Mistress Bridget Fell
Lighting on Tour Tom White
Assistant to the Editors Angie Kendall
General Manager Nick Chesterfield
Development Manager Cathy Baker
Executive Producer Caro MacKay
The UK tour was funded by the Arts Council of England, and presented in conjunction with the Touring Partnership.
Propeller
Propeller is a theatre company inspired by Jill Fraser, which began life at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury, Berkshire in 1995. Since then we have been touring Shakespeare all over the world and have now grown in scale whilst still managing to retain the close-knit family feel that has always been such an important part of our work. We like to mix a rigorous approach to the text with a modern physical aesthetic. We have been influenced by mask, animation, classic and contemporary film and music from all ages.
Propeller always places the actor at the centre of the story-making process, which is exactly how it was in Shakespeare’s day. The Elizabethans were denied the modern luxuries of elaborate sets and lighting, instead relying on the skills of the actors themselves to help imagine the plays on stage in every way they could. And so it is with us. A Propeller actor is as likely to find himself shifting scenery, singing or playing rock and roll guitar, as he is to be playing his part on stage in a scene. Over the years, actors with many different skills have passed through the company, from tap dancing champions to highly skilled singers and musicians. Our work has become more and more intricate, needing choreography, musical arrangements and fight direction. At no time have we ever used an outside choreographer or composer to help us with this work. It is all generated from within the company, giving them true ownership of the work they are creating. These editions of some of the texts we have performed are designed to give the reader an idea of how we approached each production from text choices down to doubling schemes, design and music.
Edward
