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April 02, 2008
Casting thoughts
Casting details announced today for Greg Doran's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the RSC. A few familiar faces and names, some of whom I already know about - particularly looking forward to seeing Mark Hadfield (Puck), Joe Dixon (Bottom - interesting as he was Oberon in the original production and it's obviously a very different part) and the always-excellent Peter de Jersey (Oberon).
Perhaps most interesting, though, is that the relatively minor role of First Fairy is being played by Mariah Gale. This is interesting as she played Octavia, Portia (in Julius Caesar) and Miranda during the Complete Works Festival, after winning the 2005 Critics Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Newcomer. The fact that a relatively known actor is playing such a small role in this play suggests to me that she's probably got big roles in the other two productions being performed by the same ensemble: Hamlet and Love's Labour's Lost. Very much hope this is so, as I would really like to see her as Ophelia, and I can see her as a good Princess or Rosaline too.
Photo by RETNA Ltd. from this news article.
Peter Kirwan
02 Apr 2008 16:47
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