Based on the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, adapted for the stage by Lee HallSHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Large hall
Comic drama in 2 actsTranslated from English by Evita Mamaja
Premiere - 30th November, 2019
Duration - 2h 55min
The young poet and playwright Will Shakespeare experiences a creative crisis. The unwritten comedy has already been sold to two theatres, but the play itself doesn’t exist. Neither threats from the theatre owners’, nor support from the best friend Kit Marlowe can help. He needs inspiration. And a muse.
The beautiful and rich Viola de Lesseps is in love with poetry and theatre. She knows by heart all the plays of the young author. Unfortunately, it is forbidden that women could play on stage. But where could Will Shakespeare find a better actor for his “Romeo and Juliet” – the most beautiful love story in the world?
Originally produced on the West End by Disney Theatrical Productions & Sonia Friedman Productions, directed by Declan Donnellan, and designed by Nick Ormerod
Cast
- Dainis Grūbe
- (Will Shakespeare, poet and playwright)
- Ieva Segliņa
- (Viola de Lesseps)
- Lauris Subatnieks
- (Kit Marlowe)
- Olga Dreģe
- (Nurse)
- Ģirts Ķesteris
- (Lord Wessex, betrothed to Viola)
- Juris Bartkevičs or Imants Strads
- (Henslowe, owner of the Rose Theatre)
- Pēteris Liepiņš
- (Richard Burbage, lead actor of the Chamberlain’s Men)
- Artis Robežnieks
- (Fennyman)
- Indra Briķe
- (Queen Elizabeth I)
- Dainis Gaidelis
- (Edmund Tilney, the Lord Chamberlain)
- Gunārs Placēns
- (Sir Robert de Lesseps, Viola’s father)
- Gints Grāvelis
- (Ralph, novice actor)
- Niklāvs Kurpnieks
- (Robin, novice actor)
- Mārtiņš Upenieks
- (Adam, novice actor)
- Kārlis Arnolds Avots
- (John Webster, street urchin)
- Pēteris Gaudiņš
- (Wabash, Henslowe’s tailor)
- Lauris Dzelzītis
- (Ned Alleyn, lead actor of the Admiral’s Men)
- Toms Treinis
- (Sam, actor)
- Anete Krasovska, Inga Krasovska
- (Molly & Kate, tavern whores / Courtiers)
- Juris Strenga
- (Boatman)
- Bono
- (Dog)
Production team
- Director
- Rolands Atkočūns
- Set designer
- Mārtiņš Vilkārsis
- Costume designer
- Ilze Vītoliņa
- Choreographer
- Inga Krasovska
- Composer
- Giedrius Puskunigis
- Lighting designer
- Oskars Pauliņš
- Video artist
- Artis Dzērve
- Fighting instructor
- Uldis Veispals
