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[Lynette]

Just seen that Gertrude to be played by Charlotte Cornwell who was in RSC yonks ago and has since played the Russian ambassador in The West Wing, among other parts.

[Honoured Guest]

And Oliver Ryan is completing the set by playing Rosencrantz, to follow his Guildenstern in Hamlet for Bill Alexander at Birmingham Rep and his Rosencrantz in R & G are Dead for Terry Hands and Clwyd Theatr Cymru in Mold, Cardif and Bath. If I were in his position, I'd find it hard to resist playing a conglomeration of all three and generally misbehaving to some degree,

[David J]

Casting for All's Well That Ends Well

http://www.rsc.org.u...ll-casting.aspx

Jonathan Slinger: Parolles
Greg Hicks: King of France
Charlotte Cornwell: Countess
Alex Waldmann: Bertram
Joanna Horton: Helena

[RH1234]

Will the RSC be bringing any productions to London as they did last year with Julius Caesar and Much Ado? Or was that London season just a one-off?

[xanderl]

They've previously announced they will be doing 5 Roundhouse seasons (first was last year) - http://www.whatsonst...se Seasons.html

Not sure about any West End transfers but if the Tennant Richard II rumour is true that would certainly transfer

[Duncan]

Season press launch tomorrow. Looks like we're getting a David Tennant Richard II.

[Poly]

Duncan, on 22 January 2013 - 04:09 PM, said:

Season press launch tomorrow. Looks like we're getting a David Tennant Richard II.

I might just have time to renew my membership

[Duncan]

Oliver Ford Davies is also in the cast, presumably as Gloucester.

[Carfax]

Duncan, on 23 January 2013 - 10:51 AM, said:

Oliver Ford Davies is also in the cast, presumably as Gloucester.

Or John of Gaunt?

And the RSC is returning, at least temporarily, to the Barbican - wonders will never cease.

[David J]

Just listening to the interview videos

Gregory Doran said that there is a five year plan. The first part taking place in 2014-2016, or Shakespeare's 450th Birthday to 400th Anniversary of his death, and they are going to chart that arc. They are not (necessarily?) going to repeat Shakespeare's plays and the Swan is going to be showing basically anything anything non-Shakespeare.