![]() The company will divide into four ensembles:- Gregory Doran will head “The Romans” cycle and direct The Tempest, Nancy Meckler’s company will tackle Romeo And Juliet, King John and Much Ado About Nothing, Dominic Cooke will transform the Swan Theatre for a new take on the late plays and Michael Boyd (the RSC’s artistic director) will lead a history cycle for which he has negotiated special two-year contracts with his actors.Ī large amount of outside companies will swell the ranks to be able to present all 37 plays, the sonnets and the long poems (it is, says the RSC, the first time all of these will ever have been performed in the same event). ![]() Stewart will play Prospero in The Tempest, Walter Cleopatra in Antony And Cleopatra, Ian McKellen will star in King Lear directed by Trevor Nunn, and Dench will lead a musical adaptation of The Merry Wives Of Windsor. The RSC will stage 15 of the Bard’s plays themselves. ![]() ![]() The gargantuan, year-long, festival will see companies from across the world visiting the RSC’s Stratford-Upon-Avon base, as well as returning RSC stars including Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Janet Suzman and Harriet Walter. ![]()
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