Details

Mrs. Herring the grocer s wife may not know much about 'the art of theatre , but she knows what she likes - and she insists upon getting it. She doesn t want to see lewdness, violence, incest and murder - she can get all that at home! She likes valiant knights and heroic quests and damsels in distress and romantic love stories and happy endings - and most of all she likes her husband s apprentice, Ralph...Beaumont and Fletcher were the Two Ronnies of Jacobean theatre and, in their day, more popular and more performed than Shakespeare. In this, the most irreverent of their many collaborations, they joyfully throw together a rich cast of their finest comic creations for an evening of sheer fun.

Cast/Performers

Catriona James (The Prologue / An Host / William Hamerton), Bob Beshere (A Citizen), Heloise Seneschal (Citizen's Wife), Peter Orford (Rafe), Lezlie Cross (Venturewell - a merchant), Joe Curdy (Jasper Merrythought), David Hartwig (Master Humphrey), Kelly Steele (Luce), Sarah Cummins (Mistress Merrythought), Jess Foster (Michael Merrythought), Brian Willis (Old Master Merrythought), Jeanette Bruckshaw), Naomi Staples (George), Mary Partridge (A Tapster), Tracy Thong (Dancing Girl), Barbara Santana (The Boy), Mary Partridge (Jasper's Boy), David Hartwig (A Barber), Anton Ivanov (1st Knight / 1st Venturewell's Man), David Hill (2nd Knight / 2nd Venturewell's Man), Tracy Thong (Captive Woman), David Hartwig (A Sergeant), Jess Foster (George Greengoose), Beth Gregory (1st Soldier / 1st Stagehand / Merrythought's Boy 1), Kath Bradley (2nd Soldier / 2nd Stagehand / Merrythought's Boy 2), Mary Partridge (Pompiona)

Creatives/Company

Author: Francis Beaumont
Company: Shakespeare Institute Players
Director: Heather Violanti