Details

Or What You Will. Shakespeare comedy of mistaken identity, practical jokes and unrequited love. Rescued from a shipwreck the twins Viola and Sebastian arrive independently in Illyria, both thinking the other is drowned. Viola disguises herself as a boy and finds employment with the Duke who is in love with Olivia. Malvolio is the subject of a cruel joke played on him by Sir Toby Belch (yellow stockings cross-gartered) leading him to believe that Olivia loves him. But Olivia has fallen in love with the disguised Viola, while she is in love with the Duke (following it so far?!).

Cast/Performers

Marjorie Yates (Sir Toby Belch), Siobhan Redmond (maria), Chris New (Viola), Iain McKee (Sebastian), Jason Merrells (Orsino), Simon Merrells (Antonio), Tobias Beer, Matt Blair, Tim Chipping, James Clyde, Tom Davey, Daniel Francis, Stewart W Fraser, Joanne Howarth, Annabel Leventon, Justine Mitchell, Barnaby Power, Rachael Spence

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Company: Royal Shakespeare Company
Director(s): Neil Bartlett, John Lithgow (Malvolio)
Design: Kandis Cook
Lighting: Chris Davey
Music: Simon Deacon