The Alchemist
By Ben Jonson
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Performed at the Dogrose Theatre as part of York International Shakespeare Festival 2019
11 - 15 May 2019 Three con-artists set up shop in an abandoned house. They’ll make you young, rich and famous... (All it’ll cost you is your life’s savings.) Soon the scammers are stumbling over each other, as Face, Subtle and Doll juggle a stream of missionaries, drug-dealers, lawyers, toffs and tarts. Can they get away with it before the landlord returns for his unfair share? An uproarious comedy full of slapstick, tomfoolery and blatant idiocy DOLL COMMON... Helen Buchanan FACE... Anna Rose James SUBTLE... James Swanton FOOL ONE (DAPPER, SURLY, ANANIAS, PLIANT)... Jess Murray FOOL TWO (MAMMON, TRIBULATION)... Bryan Heeley FOOL THREE (DRUGGER, KASTRIL)... Claire Morley DIRECTED AND ADAPTED by Tom Straszewski STAGE MANAGED by Sandrine Enryd Karllson PHOTOGRAPHY by JTU Photography MUSIC by Helen Buchanan |