Antony and Cleopatra

29th October 1992

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, RSC

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This RSC production opened at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon on 29 October 1992. It played in repertoire for the rest of the Stratford season and transferred to the Barbican Theatre in London, opening on 26th May 1993 and playing in repertoire until 4th September.

Antony and Cleopatra

Written byWilliam Shakespeare

Creative Team

Directed byJohn Caird
Designed bySue Blane
Lighting Designed byDavid Hersey
Music byIlona Sekacz
Sound byPaul Slocombe
Movement Director Ian Spink
Fight Director Malcolm Ransom
Music Director John Woolf
Assistant DirectorNigel Ward
Design Assistant Robin Stapley
Company Voice Work by Lyn Darnley & Andrew Wade
Stage Manager Neil Constable
Deputy Stage Manager Peter Doubleday
Assistant Stage Manager Nikki Ashley

Cast

Antony Richard Johnson
Domitius Enobarbus Paul Jesson
Eros Peter de Jersey
Canidius James Walker
Scarus Colin Starkey
Schoolmaster Griffith Jones
Decretas John Hodgkinson
SoldiersGeoffrey Abbott / Chris Crooks
Cleopatra Clare Higgins
Charmian Claire Benedict
Iras Susie Lee Hayward
Mardian Nick Holder
Alexas Nick Kemp
Soothsayer Jasper Britton
Messenger Alan Cox
Diomedes Maxwell Hutcheon
Attendants Elizabeth Renihan / Jenna Russell
Caesarion Neil Skellern / Ben Steele
Alexander Andrew Douglas / Adrian Hutchings
Ptolemy Alex Wilman / Stefan Straub
Boy Curtis Mason / Mandip Jheetah
Octavius Caesar John Nettles
Octavia, his sister Phyllida Hancock
Maecenas Roger Frost
Agrippa Andrew Jarvis
Proculeius David Burt
Dolabella Dominic Mafham
Thidias James Connolly
GuardsAndrew Cryer, Toby Stephens
Lepidus Alfred Burke
Pompey Toby Stephens
Menas Gordon Case
Varrius Geoffrey Abbott

Understudies

Mardian / Decretas / MenasGeoffrey Abbott
CleopatraClaire Benedict
James ConnollyAlexas / Mycenae / Dolabella
OctaviusAlan Cox
Chris CrooksAgrippa / Proculeius / Canidius / Scarus
Eros / Phidias / MessengerAndrew Cryer
Schoolmaster / SoothsayerRoger Frost
EnobarbusMaxwell Hutcheon
PompeyPeter de Jersey
LepidusNick Kemp
IrasElizabeth Renihan
Octavia / CharmianJenna Russell
AntonyColin Starkey
DiomedesToby Stephens

Musicians

Trumpet Richard Adams / Peter Fisher
Trumpet Robert Pritchard
Trombone Adrian Taylor / Kevin Pitt
Horn David Statham
Horn Peter Morris
Percussion Nigel Garvey
Percussion John Gibson
Keyboards John Woolf

Production Acknowledgements

Scenery, properties, costumes, wigs and make-up by RST Workshops, Stratford-upon-Avon
Engineering byArith Designs Ltd
Steelwork manufactured byBristol Designs
Maintenance Wardrobe MistressMarina Montaut-Mason
Assistant to the DesignerAlison Nalder
Production PhotographerClive Barda

Programme Acknowledgements

Programme compiled byKathy Elgin
Designed byThe Drawing Room, Warwick
Typeset byBattley Brothers Ltd, London
Graphic repro by Lithocraft, Coventry
Printed by Herald Group, Stratford-upon-Avon