LANGUAGE: FRENCH WITH ITALIAN SUBTITLES
AGE GUIDANCE: 16+
by William Shakespeare and George Wilkins
Freely adapted from François Guizot’s translation
directed by Declan Donnellan
set design Nick Ormerod
produced by Cheek by Jowl
in co-production with Barbican Theatre London, Les Gémeaux/Sceaux/Scène Nationale, Théâtre du Nord, CDN Lille-Tourcoing-Haut de France
with the support of Jeune Théâtre National
thanks to the Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater
Lighting Designer : Pascal Noël
Sound Designer : Kenan Trevien
Costume Supervisor : Angie Burns
Vocal Coach : Valérie Bezançon
Assistant Director : Marcus Roche
Associate Director : Michelangelo Marchese
Technical Director: André Neri
Lighting: Pauline Guyonnet
Sound: Kenan Trevien
Wardrobe: Marina Aguilar
Assistant Stage Manager: Lucile Quinton
Consultant Producer: Les 2 Bureaux/Prima Donna
Company Manager: Sharlit Deyzac
Rehearsals and production photography by: Patrick Baldwin
Extract from the radio programme ‘Les Matins du Samedi’ by Caroline Broué broadcast on 02/12/2017 on France Culture
Cast in order of appearance:
Xavier Boiffier – Antiochus/ Léonin/ Bout/ Lysimaque
Christophe Grégoire – Périclès / Cléon / Le Maître
Valentine Catzéflis – Antiochus’s Daughter / Marina
Cécile Leterme – Doctor / Simonide / Cérimon / Diane
Camille Cayol – Dionysa / Thaïsa / La Maquerelle
Michelangelo Marchese – Pêcheur / Chevalier / Gentilhomme
Martin Nikonoff – Pêcheur / Chevalier / Gentilhomme
Teatro Politeama
June 11 and 12, H 19.00
Duration 1 H 45
Périclès is one of Shakespeare’s strangest and most heart-rending plays. It is a fable of a man who becomes estranged from those he loves, who slowly and miraculously becomes re-united with them, more through fate than by his efforts. It is about the mystery of love, loss and of love rediscovered after a painful and confusing absence. The embers dim and glow in one of the greatest and most moving scenes Shakespeare ever wrote.
