Friday 18th May 2001
Produced by Zoë Corrigan and Sam Emery
An evening of all the best bits from, and inspired by, Shakespeare's work.
The first half of the evening consisted of a selection of extracts from Shakespeare chosen as favourites by the performers themselves. Their choices included sonnets, soliloquies and scenes and were representative of the spectrum of the Bard's work from comedy to tragedy. In the second half, various pieces inspired by Shakespeare's work were performed - with an emphasis on comedy and song. Some of these were written by Bench Members and others are favourites chosen from ''The Shakespeare Revue' by arrangement with Nick Hern Books.
This production was staged at Havant Arts Centre, East Street Havant - Bench Theatre's home since 1977. It was performed as part of the "9 Days in May" Arts Festival.
Prologue, Henry V | John Scadding |
Richard III | David Hill |
Merry Wives of Windsor | Sharman Callam Jackie Branson |
Sonnet 116 | David Hill |
Romeo and Juliet | Zoë Corrigan Ingrid Corrigan Sue Dawes |
Merchant of Venice | Sam Emery |
A You Like It | Tim Taylor David Hill Phil Stoker |
Cymbeline | Nicola Scadding |
Six Sonnets | John Scadding |
Epilogue, As You Like It | Sam Emery |
Prologue | John Scadding |
Midsummer Term Tragedy | Mark Wakeman Mike Hickman Phil Stoker Robin Hall |
Which Witch | Nicola Scadding |
Teach Me Dear Creature | Robin Hall |
Sonnet 130 | David Hill |
The Balcony Scene | Robin Hall Mark Wakeman |
Talking to Shakespeare | David Penrose |
Music Hall Shakespeare | Robin Hall Sam Emery |
Director's Notes | Ingrid Corrigan |
Brush Up Your Shakespeare | Ensemble |
Producers | Zoë Corrigan Sam Emery |
Lighting and Sound | Peter Corrigan |
Front of House | Will Chalmers |