The Dutch Courtesan

by John Marston

The Lecture Hall of Mason Croft, The Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon

As part of the Stratford-upon-Avon Festival

As Upstart Theatre Company

Directed by Simon Leake and the members of the Upstart Theatre Company
 
Cast: Philippa Sheppard (Francischina), Anna Lord (Mary Faugh), Brutally Cut (Sir Hubert Subboys), Simon Leake (Sir Lionel Freevill/Caqueter/Holifernes Reinscure), George Larkin (Young Freevill), Kelly Newman (Beatrice Subboys), Mary McNally (Crispinella), Elena Yuan (Putifer), Jim Shaw (Tysefew/Lionel/A Constable), Giovanni Del Vecchio (Malheureux), Paul Bush (Cocledemoy), Anthony Benn (Master Mulligrub).

Production Team: Choreography: Elena Yuan; Lighting: MEB; Stocks constructed by David Gould; Prompting: Kathryn Lee.

Special thanks to: Stanley Wells, Daphne Ingram, Etta Mahon, Sabine Bauer, David Gould, Anne Blake for lending me a pen, and the Jacobean period in general.

Reviews/Articles: 'Blasphemy, Betrayal and Black Magic', The Stratford-upon-Avon Herald, 5 July 1991.

Programme on file in Archive at The Shakespeare Institute Library, Stratford-upon-Avon.