Venice Preserved

Details

Two lifelong friends plot the downfall of a city ruled by a vicious and corrupt senate. One has a devoted wife, the other a faithless mistress. When the conspiracy is threatened from within, the choice has to be made between love and friendship. A noble plan becomes bloody misadventure as the rebels disarray matches the corruption of their rulers.

Cast/Performers

Jodie McNee (Belvidera), Nickcolia King-U'Da (Durand), Steve Nicolson (Renault), Carl Prekopp (Eliot), Ben Roddy (Officers), Rosalind Steele (Aquilina's Maid), Sarah Twomey (Waiter), Toby Webster (Brainveil), Isabel Adomakoh Young (Spinosa), Pete Ashmore (Theodore), Les Dennis (Priuli), Natalie Dew (Aquilina), Polly Edsell (Brabe), Stephen Fewell (Pierre), Kevin N Golding (Duke), Michael Grady-Hall (Jaffeir), Alison Halstead (Bedamar), John Hodgkinson (Antonio)

Creatives/Company

Author: Thomas Otway
Company: Royal Shakespeare Company
Director(s): Prasanna Puwanarajah, Polly Bennett (movement director), Kate Waters (fights)
Design(s): James Cotterill, Nina Dunn (video)
Lighting: Jack Knowles
Sound: George Dennis