February 23, 1993 to February 27, 1993
By Christopher Marlowe
Directed by Vida Ayres
Troy has fallen. Using the stratagem of the giant wooden horse, in which to smuggle an advance party of soldiers into the city, the Greeks open the gates to their waiting army. The Trojans are overthrown. Aeneas and his followers flee and set sail for Italy. A violent storm arises and the Trojans are shipwrecked on the coast of Africa near Carthage. They are given shelter and feasted by Queen Dido who is herself a refugee from Tyre.
Christopher Marlowe was born in 1564, the same year as William Shakespeare. He died 1st June 1593, having been stabbed to death in a tavern in Deptford. It is probable that he was engaged in espionage on behalf of the government. He was involved in the School of Night, a free-thinking group which met at Sir Walter Raleigh's house in the Strand. They had a reputation for atheism and necromancy. He wrote only seven plays but his influence on blank verse was considerable.
Cast
The Gods
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Jupiter............................................Alan Morton
Ganymede.....................................Richard Mills
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Hermes..................................Richard Stevenson
Cupid.......................................Jenny McDonald
Juno............................................Wendy Walker
Venus......................................Marjorie Howarth
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Trojans
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Aeneas............................................Gordon Gell
Ascanius, his son.....................Damian Gilmartin
Achates..........................................Colin French
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Ileoneus.........................................Steve Francis
Cloanthus.........................................Dean Davis
Sergestus......................................John Woolley
Soldier............................................Robert Gray
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Carthaginians
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Iarbas.................................Malcolm Bradbrook
Dido.............................Laura Hetherington-Parry
Anna, her sister..............................Susan Orme
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Nurse............................................Pauline Green
First Lord.............................Richard Stevenson
Ladies & Attendants....................Tracy Hanson
...........Pam Burrows, Kim Francis, Holly Townes
.............Kenneth Underwood, Kathryn Werbinski
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For The Marlowe Players
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Stage Manager.............................Janet Townes
Lighting........................................Tony Whitley
Sound.............................................Gil Townes
Set Construction..........Gil Townes, Frank Grundy
..................Ray Kelly, Vince Morris, Mike Martin
...........Rob Nelson, Steve Francis, Paul Southam
Costume Design/Wardrobe...............Val Whitley
Hairdressing...............................Helen Howarth
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Properties.......................................Kim Francis
...............................Pam Burrows, Tracy Hanson
Front of House............................Audrey Warne
.........................Margaret Kelly, Carole Wheatley
Technical Assistant ......................Mike Grundy
Publicity.......................Laura Hetherington-Parry
Continuity..................................Anthea Blundell
Photography....................................Dean Davis
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