DEBORAH WARNER
theatre - opera - installations
director
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