Director Michael Boyd and the Ensemble played out their their 2010 production on a bare stage in the intimate setting of the Swan Theatre.
A bold and simple remix, these performances provided company and audience alike with an opportunity to explore this great, complext tragedy in a fresh light.
Cast and creatives
Charles Aitken - Ventidius
Adam Burton - Scarus
Brian Doherty - Enobarbus
Darrell D'Silva - Antony
Phillip Edgerley - Menas
Geoffrey Freshwater - Agrippa
Paul Hamilton - Diomedes
Greg Hicks - Soothsayer
Ansu Kabia - Varrius
Tunji Kasim - Mardian
John Mackay - Octavius Caesar
Sandy Neilson - Lepidus
Sophie Russell - Octavia
Clarence Smith - Pompey
Katy Stephens - Cleopatra
James Tucker - Maecenas
Larrington Walker - Alexas
Jack Whitham - Eros
Hannah Young - Charmian
Samantha Young - Iras
Creative team
Director - Michael Boyd
Designer - Tom Piper
Lighting - Simon Spencer based on original lighting design by Wolfgang Göbbel
Music - James Jones and John Woolf
Movement - Anna Morrissey
Fights - Terry King
Sound - Andrew Franks
Reviews
'A beautifully acted triumph... Darrell D'Silva's Antony marvellously captures the character's old ruffian recklessness and his warm, flawed humanity'
Daily Telegraph
'Pacey, lucid and energetic'
Times
'Michael Boyd's revival of this difficult play has many fine qualities... speed, lightness, an inventive theatricality... the RSC Ensemble continues to grow in strength with fine performances from John Mackay as a tense, insecure Octavius and Brian Doherty as a brisk soldierly Enobarbus... Maecanas is invested by James Gale with a smooth authority.'
Guardian