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photographs © Neil Libbert / photographs © Nobby Clark / photographs © Simon Warner  

King John, 1988-1989

William Shakespeare

Royal Shakespeare Company
 
1988 The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon
1989 Gulbenkian Studio, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1989 The Pit, Barbican Centre, London

Performances: Stratford-upon-Avon 4 May 1988 – 18 January 1989; Newcastle-upon-Tyne 3- 11 March 1989; Barbican Centre, 26 April – 6 July 1989

Creative Team

Director - Deborah Warner

Designer - Sue Blane

Lighting - Chris Parry

Music - Guy Woolfenden

Company voice work - Cicely Berry and Andrew Wade

Stage manager - Maralyn Sarrington

Cast 

King John - Nicholas Woodeson

Queen Eleanor - Cherry Morris

Prince Henry - Jo James

Blanche of Spain - Julia Ford

Earl of Pembroke - Richard Bremner 

Earl of Salisbury - Edward Harbour

Lord Pigot - Darryl Forbes-Dawson (from 3 January Simon Dormandy)

Philip Faulconbridge - David Morrissey

Robert Faulconbridge - Jo James

Lady Faulconbridge - Denise Armon (The Pit - Cissie Collins)

James Gurney - Patrick Robinson

Arthur, Duke of Brittany - Lyndon Davies ( The Pit - Nehme Fadlallah)

Constance - Susan Engel

King Philip of France - David Lyon 

Lewis the Dauphin - Ralph Fiennes 

Limoges - Darryl Forbes-Dawson (from 3 January, Simon Dormandy); Melun - Patrick Robinson

Chatillon - Roger Watkins

Hubert - Robert Demeger

Cardinal Pandulph - Antony Brown (The Pit, Julian Curry)

Executioners - Patrick Robinson, Roger Watkins

Messenger - Jo James

Peter of Pomfret - Roger Watkins

Messenger - Julia Ford

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