10/04/2014 – 19/04/2014
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Venue
Program
Year
2014
Author
William Shakespeare
Abstract
The banished daughter of a banished father, Rosalind flees the court of her usurping uncle. Disguising herself, and accompanied by her cousin Celia and Touchstone the fool, she escapes to the Forest of Arden. Thus begins a series of encounters with Arden's diverse inhabitants, all of whom hold very different views on life, love and the forest itself.
One of Shakespeare's best loved comedies, AS YOU LIKE IT, presented by the Melbourne University Shakespeare Company, wryly exploits and exposes a number of romantic conventions. The Forest of Arden rapidly becomes a complicated backdrop against which Shakespeare poses important questions about love, gender, genre, and performance.
"...And all the men and women merely players..."
Director
Alexander Thom
Designer
Thomas Fellowes
Cast
Rosalind - Dana McMillan
Celia - Charlotte Salusinszky
Orlando - Declan Mulcahy
Touchstone - David Harris
Jaques - George Fforde
Oliver - Nicholas Langford
Phoebe - Seren Oroszvary
Silvius & Charles - Sam Howard
Corin - John Rice-Whetton
Duke Senior & Duke Frederick - Callum McDonald
Amiens & Lord 1 - Stephanie Crowe
Audrey & Lord 2 - Laura Collins
Adam - Arielle Luz
Le Beau - Clancy Moore
Messenger - Kathryn White
William - Jevon Fulbrook
Sir Oliver Mar-text - Josiah Lulham
Crew
Alexander Thom - Director
Danielle Ridgway - Production Manager
Natasha King - Stage Manager
Thomas Fellowes - Set Designer
Blake Condon - Lighting Designer
Kelsey Watt - Lighting Designer / Lighting Operator
Liam Bellman-Sharpe - Sound Designer
Isabella Vadiveloo - Costume Designer
Bella Mackey - Sound Operator
Billy Exton - Publicity Manager
Felicia King - Publicity Designer
Jessica Herne - Assistant Stage Manager
Vanessa Costanzo - Assistant Stage Manager
Matilda Houlihan - Properties Manager