Performance

Venue	Royal Shakespeare Theatre
	Also: The Dell, Waterside, Rehearsal Room
Town	Stratford-Upon-Avon
County	Warwickshire
From	10th October 2004
To	10th October 2004
When	19:30
Prices	From £5.00. To £20.00.
Royal Shakespeare Theatre (V135)
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Venus and Adonis

Work:: Venus and Adonis (S140866380)

(1593). Written by a youthful Shakespeare at the time that London's theatres closed their doors in fear of the Plague. Venus and Adonis is an epic poem of wit and sensuous beauty. It tells the tale of the sex goddess, Venus and her passionate obsession for the petulant and beautiful Adonis. He rejects her offer of love, preferring the joys of boar hunting. However, after finally succumbing to her advances, the story ends in tragedy.

Author

Shakespeare

Production:: (T0404034898)

Inspired by both Japanese Bunraku puppets and Jacobean Court Masque, this production tells the story of Venus and Adonis with marionettes, rod, shadow and table-top puppets. Since May 2004, an international group of Puppet makers - from the Czech Republic, Germany and South Africa, has been hard at work in the Islington workshops, whilst the miniature costumes are being made in the RSC wardrobe department in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Producer	Royal Shakespeare Company
Producer	Little Angel Theatre
Adapted by	Gregory Doran
Director	Gregory Doran
Director	Steve Tipland (puppetry)
Design	Robert Jones
Design	Lyndie Wright (puppets)
Design	Jan Zalud (puppets)
Design	John Roberts (puppets)
Design	Stefan Fichert (puppets)
Design	Simon Aauton (puppets)
Music	John Woolf
Performer	Michael Pennington (narrator)

Listing:: L01675270527

Work in Progress

Production details

Inspired by both Japanese Bunraku puppets and Jacobean Court Masque, this production tells the story of Venus and Adonis with marionettes, rod, shadow and table-top puppets. Since May 2004, an international group of Puppet makers - from the Czech Republic, Germany and South Africa, has been hard at work in the Islington workshops, whilst the miniature costumes are being made in the RSC wardrobe department in Stratford-upon-Avon. Work in Progress

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