Several actors who have previously appeared on the Playhouse stage are returning to join the Romeo and Juliet cast including, Lettie Dyer as Juliet, Melinda Ellisor as Queen Eleanor, Rigdon’s previous experience includes serving as Associate Director to Sir Peter Hall, founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company for four years. The Director also shortened the play but assures that the classic story is fully represented.
The character of Prince Escalus became Queen Eleanor Romeo’s page Balthasar became Bianca and Gregory became Goneril. But is love really enough to keep them together?ĭirected by Trish Rigdon. this script adapts characters to provide more opportunities for women to act in a Shakespearean production. Set amidst the turbulent unrest, counterculture, civil rights movement, and political divisiveness of the 1960s two teens from feuding families unexpectedly find love.
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