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Othello

The Roderigo Matthew Douglas Jonny Phillips Brabantio David Hobbs Cassio Ryan Kiggell Duke of Michael Gardiner Desdemona Caroline Martin Jaye Griffiths Bianca Kirsty Besterman Lodovico Michael Gardiner Gratiano David Hobbs Gentleman Robin Pearce Gentleman Oliver Boot Gentleman Alex Kerr Other parts played by members of the company Director Designer She loved me for the dangers I had passed Director of Movement Jane Gibson And I loved her that she did pity them. Lighting Designer Judith Greenwood Music Catherine Jayes This only is the witchcraft I have used Assistant Director Edward Dick Othello, 1:3:168 Casting Director Julia Horan Costume Supervisor Angie Burns Voice Coach Fight Director Terry King Production Manager Will Harding Company Stage Manager Terence Eldridge Deputy Stage Manager Clare Loxley Lighting Technician Kristina Hjelm Wardrobe Manager Vic Cree Othello co-produced by and Théâtre du Nord Production ASM Jakki Julnes (Théâtre National Lille Tourcoing Région Nord Pas-de-Calais and Lille 2004). In association with Producer Roy Luxford Odeon-Théâtre de l’Europe Paris. Nonso Anozie I have done the state some Shakespeare’s sources In 1565 a collection of short stories about love was published by the Italian author Giraldi Cinthio. Called Hecatommithi, service and it provided Shakespeare with material for Othello and, later, for . He may have read it in the original, or in a French translation which came out they know’t Othello, 5:2:337 in 1583, or perhaps he had access to a contemporary English translation. Certainly, his plot, characterisation and imagery echo much of Cinthio’s work. First Performance In 1599, the year in which the Lord At the age of 35, in 1599, after a decade or more of touring his plays Chamberlain’s Men began the building around the country, paying leases on various and of the Globe , Sir Lewis Lewkenor living in digs in the city, finally settles down published The Commonwealth and and creates for himself and his company, The Lord Chamberlain’s Government of Venice based on a Latin Men, a permanent on the at Bankside. It is the text, andthere is sufficient evidence in the first theatre in England to be designed and paid for by a group to suggest that this was one of actors. It costs the company £600 to build it, and they call of Shakespeare’s research sources. it The Globe. Now at last Shakespeare has a theatre of his own A man may dwell to work in; he has a company of actors to write for, some of whom so long upon a thought have been performing his material for years; he has a management which trusts him, values him and gives him a financial cut of the that it may take him prisoner company’s success, and he has an audience who are young The Marquis of Halifax and ready to imagine. Once established in The Globe, his writing moves into a new gear. Between 1600 and 1611 he writes, and the company performs: , , All’s Well that Ends Well, Othello, Measure for Measure, , , Timon of , Antony There is no fear in love, but and Cleopatra, , Pericles, , The Winter’s Tale and . perfect love casteth out fear In the Accounts of the Master of Revels, there is a record of a performance of Othello at Court in 1604. Evidence suggests 1 John 4:18 Caroline Martin that the play was written some time between 1601 and 1604. Nonso Anozie Declan Donellan Nick Ormerod David Hobbs

I wonder men dare trust themselves From left to right: Robin Pearce, Oliver Boot, Alex Kerr, Ryan Kiggell, Matthew Douglas with men Were I the Moor,

I would not be Iago Iago, 1:1:56 Mauri was the Latin name for the inhabitants of the Roman province of Mauretania (modern-day western Algeria and north-eastern Morocco). Historically, the term Moor was used to denote North African Muslims, of mixed Arab, Spanish and Berber origins. In Elizabethan England, however, the word was not geographically specific, and was used to describe a wide variety of non-European peoples. Thus, it was applied to anyone of West or North African origin, to Arabs, and to Muslims in general. Shakespeare’s hints about Othello’s origins seem to point to the continent of Africa as being his native land.

Jaye Griffiths What was the awareness of Africa in Shakespeare’s world and how was that awareness generated? There was an African presence in Elizabethan England, although that presence was decidedly Kirsty Besterman Michael Gardiner small and these individuals were primarily slaves, indentured servants, and, inevitably, novelties. The average As a commanding Moorish figure, the handkerchief has the power English subject did not encounter Othello appears to be a positive to preserve a husband’s fidelity, so long Africans on any frequent basis. Thus the alternative to this popular perception as it remains in Othello’s family. majority of information on Africa was of Africans as strange fantastical beings. While these bizarre details seem generated through travel writing and eye Yet there are traces of Othello’s mythical inappropriate for such witness accounts. This widely-circulated African past in the famous handkerchief a seemingly ordinary object, they make literature, usually written by traders he gives to Desdemona. We learn that an more sense in the light of Othello’s or seamen who had actually visited the ancient witch sewed this handkerchief African origins. In fact, the handkerchief African continent, often embellished in “prophetic fury,” dyeing the fabric has relevance in the context of the descriptions of indigenous peoples, in fluids drained from the hearts of virgin spiritual traditions of Africa. transforming them into mythical, girls. Originally given to Othello’s mother If we consider the Yoruba belief in juju – cannibalistic creatures. by an Egyptian (hence African) charmer, an object with supernatural power which has been prepared by a spiritual leader – the Make it a darling, handkerchief becomes not only an example of this belief, but also a clear like your precious eye! reminder of Othello’s “pagan” history. The handkerchief remains an interesting case …there’s magic in the of witchcraft with compelling African, and specifically Violent antipathies Yoruba, associations. Diana Mafe, McMaster University are always suspicious, web of it and betray a secret affinity Othello, 3:4:67 & 3:4:71

One is never deceived, one deceives oneself Goethe Jonny Philips Valiant Othello, we must straight employ you Against the general

enemy Ottoman Duke of Venice, 1:3:49

The Ottoman Empire was founded around 1300 by Osman (Uthman in Arabic) who conquered Anatolia in Northern Turkey and subdued neighbouring territories through war and alliances. When Shakespeare was born in 1564, Sulaiman the Magnificent (1520-66) was enjoying the Empire’s “golden age”, ruling most of South Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Ottoman power then declined through the centuries until, with the overthrow of the 36th Emperor, Turkey became a republic in 1922. Nonso Anozie In 1570, when Shakespeare was six years old, the Turks sailed for Cyprus and, over a period of three years, wrested it from Venetian hands, launching as they did so centuries of dominion over the eastern Mediterranean, and signalling the beginning of Venice’s deterioration as a maritime power. The theme of daughters defying their fathers held a certain fascination for Shakespeare, who was himself the father of two girls, Susanna and Judith. His catalogue of filial disobedience I do ranges widely: Juliet defying Capulet in ; the three daughters of Lear challenging his authority in their several ways in King Lear; Jessica absconding to marry and taking her father’s gold but not his blessing in ; Helena and Hermia arranging to meet their lovers in the forest in A Midsummer ’s Dream; Celia and Rosalind escaping to Arden to save Rosalind’s life in , and Katherine perceive wilfully obstructing her father’s ambitions for her sister in . here a divided duty Desdemona, 1:3:181

The ear of jealousy heareth all things The Wisdom of Solomon, 1:10

Caroline Martin Cheek by Jowl Othello 2004 and the 13 - 20 March Lille Théâtre l’Ideal, Théâtre du Nord Production Credits 23 - 27 March Oxford Playhouse Print & Programme Design Eureka! Design Consultants The British Council is delighted to be Director Declan Donnellan’s lean repertoire, or in the UK, where it toured 31 March - 10 April Paris Théâtre National de l’Odeon Cover Photography supporting Cheek by Jowl’s world tour approach to text and staging, plus in 1998 – can’t fail but be impressed. 21 - 24 April Teatro Valle Clare Park of Othello as part of a programme designer Nick Ormerod’s pared-down The Winter’s Tale won a Golden Mask Programme Researcher of celebrations to mark our 70th year aesthetic, brought new meaning National Theatre award in Russia – 27 - 1 May Warwick Arts Centre Judith Greenwood as the UK’s international cultural to a classic. We jumped at the chance an unprecedented accolade for 4 - 8 May Bath Theatre Royal Programme Editor relations agency. to bring the company back later the a production directed and designed Mark Slaughter same year with the all-male As You Like by a non-native team. It was the 18 - 22 May Salford The Lowry I first encountered Cheek by Jowl It, which proved a complete revelation. starting point for a string of other Greek lyrics translated by in 1994 when we invited the company 25 - 29 May Cambridge George Couyas collaborations in Russia, including to Russia to celebrate the opening In 1997 Declan and Nick came once and for GSMD Student ASM of the new British Council office again to Russia, this time to work with 2 - 4 June Istanbul International Festival Jonathan McMullan the Russian Theatre Confederation, in St Petersburg. The natural venue for the Maly’s own actors on a production for which Declan is now an Associate 10 - 11 June St Petersburg Maly Theatre Men’s Tailoring the company’s production of Measure of The Winter’s Tale. Giving another Denis Bruno Director, and Romeo and Juliet at the 14 - 17 June Moscow Maly Theatre for Measure was the city’s Maly Drama director the opportunity to work with Bolshoi – the first time a theatre Rehearsal Photography Theatre – like Cheek by Jowl, the Maly his company was a remarkable act 23 - 26 June Lisbon Centro Cultural de Belém Keith Pattison director has staged a ballet there is celebrated on the international touring of trust for Maly director Lev Dodin. in living memory and the first time 30 June - 3 July Porto São Jão National Theatre The New Shakespeare Company circuit. Cheek by Jowl’s contemporary Anyone who has seen the result – a foreign director has been entrusted approach was a sensation. in Russia, where it is still in the Maly’s 6 - 7 July Almagro Festival Teatro Municipal at Regent’s Park, London. with the Bolshoi’s famous dancers. Declan’s book, The Actor and the 14 - 18 July Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center Diana Mafe article derived from From Ôgún to Target, was actually published in Othello: (Re)Acquainting Yoruba Myth and 21 - 25 July Hong Kong City Hall Russia before the UK and is already Shakespeare’s Moor. (To be published in Research being reprinted there. 4 August - 4 September Theatre at Walsh Bay in African Literatures. Fall 2004) The story of Cheek by Jowl in Russia 13 - 14 September Warsaw Teatr Dramatyczny Music performed by members of the company. demonstrates the power of theatre 18 - 19 September Brno Mahern Theatre The first performance of this production was as a vehicle for cultural relations, and given on 13 March 2004 at this production of Othello will once 23 - 24 September Prague State Theatre Théâtre l’Ideal, Théâtre du Nord, Lille. again affirm the extraordinarily 29 September - 1 October Dublin Theatre Festival powerful connections that theatre Approximate running time: is able to create between cultures. 5 - 11 October New York Brooklyn Academy of Music Part 1: 1 hour & 25 minutes Part 2: 1 hour & 15 minutes Michael Bird There will be one interval Director Scotland BC Edinburgh Co-produced by Cheek by Jowl and Théâtre du Nord British Council (Théâtre National Lille Tourcoing Région Nord Pas-de-Calais and Lille 2004). In association with Odeon-Théâtre de l’Europe Paris. Biographies Nonso Anozie Othello Declan Donnellan Director Jane Gibson Director of Movement David Hobbs Brabantio, Gratiano Clare Loxley Deputy Stage Manager Theatre includes Edmond (RNT), World Music As Associate Director of the his Jane Gibson is an Associate Director of Cheek by Jowl Theatre includes Morte D’Arthur (Lyric Hammersmith), Credits include Honeymoon Suite, King Lear, Love (Sheffield Crucible), The Box (Talawa Theatre productions include Fuenteovejuna, Sweeny Todd, and has been Director of Movement on many of the (QEH), As You Like It (Cheek by Jowl), Labour’s Lost (all ), The Playboy Company), Sundance () and the title both parts of and Mandate (2004). company’s productions. The Triumph of Love (Actors Touring Company), Henry of the Western World ( Royal Exchange), role in the RSC Academy’s King Lear directed by He was the founding director of the Royal Shakespeare Other theatre includes Five Gold Rings (Almeida), VIII, Cymbeline, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Timon Peribanez (), Blunt Speaking, , Declan Donnellan (European Tour and Young Vic) Company Academy, for whom he directed King Lear. Mother Clapp’s Molly House, , of Athens (all RSC), The Tempest (Nottingham (all Festival Theatre), for which he was nominated and received a special For his work in France, including Le Cid for the Festival Wind in the Willows (all RNT), , Twelfth Night Playhouse), Dangerous Corner (Birmingham Rep), Homebody/Kabul (Cheek by Jowl/Young Vic), A Life in commendation at the 2003 Awards. D’Avignon, he was this year made a Chevalier Des Arts (both RSC). (Library, Manchester), Blast the Theatre (Derby Playhouse), Amy’s View (Manchester Television includes Nights Out at the Empire. et des Lettres. Television includes Pride and Prejudice, Charles II. (Manchester Poetry Festival). Library), 1984 (Northern Stage), Belonging (Birmingham Other productions include Homebody/Kabul for the Film includes Girl with the Pearl Earring, Iris, I Capture Television includes Emmerdale, Hiding Place, Rep), Hamlet (Young Vic/Theatre Royal Plymouth), Kirsty Besterman Bianca New York Theatre Workshop, Falstaff for the Salzburg the Castle, Mansfield Park, Sense and Sensibility. Hollyoaks. Men Should Weep (Glasgow Citizens). Theatre includes King Lear (RSC Academy). Festival and the ballet Romeo and Juliet for the Bolshoi Opera includes Gawain, La Traviata (both Royal Television includes Doctors, Peter Ackroyd’s London. in Moscow. Other work in Russia includes The Winter’s Opera House). Catherine Jayes Music Caroline Martin Desdemona Tale for the Maly Theatre, St Petersburg. His company As Musical Director High Society, A Funny Thing Theatre includes The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Oliver Boot Chorus of Russian actors are currently performing Boris Judith Greenwood Lighting Designer Happened on the way to the Forum, Boys from (RSC). Theatre includes Hayfever (Oxford Stage Company), Godunov by Pushkin and Twelfth Night. Judith Greenwood is an Associate Director of Cheek by Syracuse directed by (all Open Air Theatre, Television includes Byron, He Knew He Was Right, Poirot, Hilt (Pleasance/Bath Theatre Royal), , Three will open next year at the Chekhov Festival. His book Jowl. She took the MA in Drama and Theatre Arts at Regent’s Park), , (both The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. Musketeers (both Haymarket Basingstoke). The Actor And The Target has been published the University of Leeds, then worked for Opera North, Sheffield Crucible), Gypsy, Fiddler on the Roof Three Musketeers (Theatre Royal York). Nick Ormerod Designer in English, French and Russian and a Spanish version Impact Theatre Co-operative, the ICA and the RSC. In (both West Yorkshire Playhouse). Television includes Two Pints of Lager and a Packet Nick Ormerod is joint Artistic Director of Cheek by Jowl. will appear this year. He has won several awards in 1990 she joined Cheek by Jowl and has since toured As Composer A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merry of Crisps (Series 1 & 2), As If (Series 3). He trained at Wimbledon School of Art and has London, Paris, New York and Moscow, including the the world with the company, lighting all but one of their Wives of Windsor (both Open Air Theatre, Regent’s productions. Park), (Cheek by Jowl), York designed all but one of Cheek by Jowl’s productions. Vic Cree Wardrobe Manager Olivier for Outstanding Achievement. Other recent work includes Le Cid (Avignon Festival), Mystery Plays (York), Tom Jones, Beauty and the Beast Other theatre includes Macbeth, Philoctetes (both Theatre includes Richard III, Measure for Measure, Titus Boris Godunov (Russian Theatre Confederation), (both Watermill, Newbury). National Theatre Of Finland), The Winter’s Tale (Maly Andronicus (RSC Newcastle Season), King Lear (RSC Matthew Douglas Roderigo Falstaff (Salzburg Festival), Homebody/Kabul (Cheek Film includes a film about the life of Theatre of St Petersburg), Boris Godunov, Twelfth Night Academy), Tantalus, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Theatre includes Hamlet (Birmingham Rep/Lyceum by Jowl and Young Vic), King Lear (RSC Academy), to be released in July 2004. (both Chekhov Festival), Falstaff (Salzburg Festival), The (both RSC international tours), 3 (The Cholmondley’s Edinburgh), A Murder is Announced (Windsor Theatre As You Like It (RSC), Twelfth Night (Russian Theatre Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (English National & The Featherstonehaughs), the 2001 season at Royal), King Lear (RSC Academy). Confederation), Romeo and Juliet (State Academic Alex Kerr Chorus Opera), Martin Guerre (), Shakespeare’s Globe, Mrs Warren’s Profession Television includes The Great Escape (ITV). of Russia). Theatre includes (Ayot Antigone (Old Vic Theatre), () (Theatre Royal Bath/UK Tour), West Side Story, Spend Short films include Fridge Magnets, The End. She also works in Beirut, lighting for the singer Feyrouz, Productions), Immortal (Courtyard Theatre), When , King Lear (RSC Acadmey), Spend Spend (both for Pola Jones), Wizard of Oz, Terence Eldridge Company Stage Manager the director Nidal Ashkar and the playwright Ziad we are Married (York Theatre Royal), , Troilus and Cressida (Burgteater Vienna), Romeo and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? (both Old Vic). Credits include Stones in His Pockets (New Rahbani. The Real Inspector Hound, The Daughter in Law, Juliet (). Television includes In Search of Shakespeare (BBC2). Ambassadors), Fame, Rent, Wit (), She Stoops to Conquer (all Perth ), Jaye Griffiths Emilia The Hobbit (Queen’s Theatre & tour), The Baltimore Robin Pearce Chorus A Nonso Anozie I Michael Gardiner P Ryan Kiggell Edward Dick Assistant Director Collected Stories (Theatre Royal, Haymarket), Hay Theatre includes A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bristol Waltz ( Company). Theatre includes (Lyric Hammersmith), B Jakki Julnes J Edward Dick Q Jane Gibson Edward Dick read English at Oxford Uni v e r s i t y , attended Fever directed by Declan Donnellan (Savoy Theatre), Old Vic), Tartuffe (Manchester Royal Exchange), Television includes Islands at War. Ritual in Blood (), Observe the C Judith Greenwood K Terence Eldridge R Vic Cree the Directors’ Programme at the NT Studio then joined (Old Vic), (Garrick), Chess (RSC), Gasping Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme D Declan Donnellan L David Hobbs S Catherine Jayes Cheek by Jowl as assistant director to Declan and Evita ( Spectrum), Company (Donmar (Haymarket), Wit (Vaudeville). Ryan Kiggell Cassio (Pleasance, London). E Angie Burns M Kirsty Besterman T Robin Pearce Donnellan. He was recently assistant director of the Warehouse), Carmen Jones (European tour), Indian Ink Television includes The Deputy, , Bugs, Care, Theatre includes Mrs Warren’s Profession ( Television includes Perfect World, Attachments, F Oliver Boot N Caroline Martin U Matthew Douglas inaugural RSC Academy. (), (Shaftesbury). A&E, Between the Lines, Unfinished Business. Company national tour), King Lear (RSC Academy) The Project, . G Jaye Griffiths O Nick Ormerod V Roy Luxford Directing includes 27 (NT Studio), The Memory of Wat e r Michael Gardiner Duke of Venice, Lodovico for which he was nominated and received a special Film includes Charlotte Gray. H Clare Loxley W Joanna Morgan (GSMD), The Age of Consent ( and Theatre includes Coriolanus, The Merry Wives of Will Harding Production Manager commendation at the 2003 , X Alex Kerr Edinburgh Fringe), Mad For e s t (BSSD), Deep Throat: Jonny Phillips Iago Windsor, The Merchant of Venice, Antony and Theatre includes Cost of Living, Living Costs, Enter The Bound Man (BAC). Y Will Harding Live On Stage (B A C and Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh), Theatre includes (), Cleopatra, , King Lear, Troilus and Achilles, Happiest Day of my Life (all DV8), Puss in Film includes One Eyed Chloe and the Shot, Z Jonny Phillips Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woo l f ? (Oxford Playhouse), Sugar Sugar (Bush), Three Sisters ( Theatre), Cressida (all RSC), Fuente Ovejuna (RNT), King Lear Boots (Oxford Playhouse), Art (national tours), The Reality Principle. The Second Amendment Club (Edinburgh Fringe), Woman of No Importance (Manchester Royal Exchange). (Peter Hall Company/Old Vic), Cabaret (Donmar Turbulent Landscapes (Natural History Museum), Bo y B a n d (Brighton Festival and Edinburgh Fringe). Television includes Brinks Mat – The Greatest Heist, Peter Warehouse), As You Like It (Cheek by Jowl). Artists and Cosmonauts (Lillian Baylis, Arts Catalyst). As associate or assistant director The Lady From The Loo – The Massacre, New Tricks, NCS Manhunt, Waking Television Includes The Vice, The Bill, , He has also worked for English Touring Opera, English Se a (Almeida), King Lear (RSC Academy, UK and the Dead, Dead Gorgeous. Buddha of Suburbia. Touring Theatre and Cambridge Arts Theatre. European tour), Ho m e b o d y / Ka b u l (Cheek by Film includes One for the Road, The Last Great Jo w l / Y oung Vic), What The Butler Saw (Theatre Royal, Wilderness, The Quarry, Vanity Fair, Titanic. Bath and UK tour). He works regularly for the and is a member of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors’ Lab in New York. Cheek by Jowl was formed in 19 81 by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod. The company has performed in 295 cities in over 40 countries, spanning five continents and has received numerous international awards. Cheek by Jowl has also introduced British audiences to international classics by writers such as Racine, Ostrovsky, Lessing and Corneille.

Past productions For Cheek by Jowl

1981 Wycherley Artistic Directors Associate Directors 1982 Othello Shakespeare Declan Donnellan Paddy Cunneen Nick Ormerod Jane Gibson 1983 Vanity Fair * Thackeray Judith Greenwood 1984 Pericles Shakespeare P r o d u c e r 1985 Andromache * Racine Roy Luxford Directors of Cheek by Jowl r o y @ c h e e k b y j o w l . c o m Sophie Hamilton (Chair) 1985 Etherege Duncan Lewis 1986 The Cid * Corneille A d m i n i s t r a t o r Jane Reid 1986 Twelfth Night Shakespeare Joanna Morgan John Scott-Moncrieff 1987 Macbeth Shakespeare Marketing & International Tim Stockil One of the ten great theatre 1988 A Family Affair * Ostrovsky Press Consultant Judith Un w i n 1988 Philoctetes Mark Slaughter UK Press Agent +44 (0) 20 8691 5811 1989 The Doctor of Honour * Calderon Sharon Kean at Kean Lanyon companies in the world m a r k @ c h e e k b y j o w l . c o m 1989 Lady Betty * Donnellan +44 (0) 20 7354 3574 Time Magazine 1990 Sara * Lessing 1990 Hamlet Shakespeare www.cheekbyjowl.com Scottish Charity no. SCO13 5 4 4 1991 As You Like It Shakespeare Cheek by Jowl’s international touring is generously supported by the British Council. de Musset 1993 Don’t Fool With Love Cheek by Jowl gratefully acknowledges support from . 1993 The Blind Men * de Ghelderode 1994 Measure for Measure Shakespeare Declan Donnellan’s fresh and radical approach to Shakespeare 1994 As You Like It (revival) acting takes a scalpel to the heart of the actor’s fear. 1995 The Duchess of Malfi Webster “This new ‘Advice to the Players’ cuts open every 1997 Out Cry * Williams generalisation about acting and draws out Shakespeare 1998 gleamingly fresh specifics. Behind the joy and 2002 Homebody/Kabul * Kushner humour of the writing, Declan Donnellan is subtly * British Premiere leading young actors to an awareness of the living process behind their work. He brings as evidence the rich field of thought and intuition that direct experience has made his own.”

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Past productions For Cheek by Jowl with a Barbary horse 1981 The Country Wife Wycherley Artistic Directors Associate Directors Iago, 1:1:110 1982 Othello Shakespeare Declan Donnellan Paddy Cunneen Nick Ormerod Jane Gibson 1983 Vanity Fair * Thackeray To the West lay the Atlantic Ocean; Judith Greenwood 1984 Pericles Shakespeare P r o d u c e r to the North, the Mediterranean Sea; to the East, the land of Egypt, and to the 1985 Andromache * Racine Roy Luxford Directors of Cheek by Jowl r o y @ c h e e k b y j o w l . c o m Sophie Hamilton (Chair) South, the Sahara desert. From time 1985 The Man of Mode Etherege Duncan Lewis immemorial, the North coast of Africa 1986 The Cid * Corneille A d m i n i s t r a t o r Jane Reid was home to the Berbers, who gave the 1986 Twelfth Night Shakespeare Joanna Morgan John Scott-Moncrieff area its name: Barbary, or the Barbary States, a name it retained until the 19th 1987 Macbeth Shakespeare Marketing & International Tim Stockil century. Nowadays, the territory 1988 A Family Affair * Ostrovsky Press Consultant Judith Un w i n comprises the countries of Morocco, Mark Slaughter 1988 Philoctetes Sophocles UK Press Agent Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. +44 (0) 20 8691 5811 1989 The Doctor of Honour * Calderon Sharon Kean at Kean Lanyon The Barbary States were of topical m a r k @ c h e e k b y j o w l . c o m 1989 Lady Betty * Donnellan +44 (0) 20 7354 3574 interest to Londoners in the year 1600. 1990 Sara * Lessing In August, The King of Barbary sent his Ambassador to the Court of Queen 1990 Hamlet Shakespeare www.cheekbyjowl.com Scottish Charity no. SCO13 5 4 4 Elizabeth for a six month visit. 1991 As You Like It Shakespeare Cheek by Jowl’s international touring is generously supported by the British Council. In November, a book by the Moorish de Musset 1993 Don’t Fool With Love Cheek by Jowl gratefully acknowledges support from Arts Council England. author John Leo, (also known as Leo 1993 The Blind Men * de Ghelderode Africanus), A Geographical Historie 1994 Measure for Measure Shakespeare of Africa, was published in translation. Declan Donnellan’s fresh and radical approach to In December, Shakespeare’s company, 1994 As You Like It (revival) Shakespeare acting takes a scalpel to the heart of the actor’s fear. The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, performed 1995 The Duchess of Malfi Webster at Court and it is possible their audience “This new ‘Advice to the Players’ cuts open every 1997 Out Cry * Williams included the King of Barbary’s generalisation about acting and draws out Shakespeare Ambassador. In the following year, 1998 Much Ado About Nothing gleamingly fresh specifics. Behind the joy and Liny’s Historie of the World was 2002 Homebody/Kabul * Kushner humour of the writing, Declan Donnellan is subtly translated by Philemon Holland, and * British Premiere leading young actors to an awareness of the living subsequently provided the playwright process behind their work. He brings as evidence with a wealth of material for the text the rich field of thought and intuition that direct of Othello. experience has made his own.” Peter Brook

Published by Nick Hern Books (020 8749 4953/www.nickhernbooks.co.uk) at £10.99. Since 1981 Cheek by Jowl has performed in… Aberdeen, Accrington, Adelaide, Aldeburgh, Aldershot, Alexandria, Alkmaar, Almagro, Ambleside, Amersfoort, Amiens, Amstelveen, Amsterdam, Ankara, Antwerp, Apeldoorn, Armagh, Arnhem, Assen, Athens, Aversham, Aylesbury, Bacup, Banbury, Bangalore, Bangor, Barcelona, Barrow, Barton upon Humber, Basildon, Basingstoke, Bath, Bedford, , Belo Horizonte, Bergen Op Zoom, Biggar, Billericay, Birmingham, Blackpool, Bogota, Bombay, Boston, Bourges, Bourne End, Bracknell, Brasilia, Bratislava, Breda, Bridgnorth, Bridgwater, Brighton, Brno, Broadstairs, Bronte, Brussels, Bucharest, Buckingham, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Builth Wells, Burton Upon Trent, Bury St Edmunds, Buxton, Cairo, Calcutta, Cambridge, Canterbury, Carlisle, Cheltenham, Chertsey, Chichester, Chipping Norton, Cleethorpes, Colchester, Coleraine, Cologne, Colombo, , Coventry, Craiova, Crawley, Crewe, Croydon, Cuyk, Darlington, Delhi, Den Bosch, Den Haag, Derry, Dhaka, Dilbeek, Doetinchem, Drachten, Dublin, Dudley, Dumfries, Dundee, Durham, Dusseldorf, Eastbourne, Edinburgh, Ellesmore, Epsom, Erlangen, Evesham, Exeter, Fareham, Farnham, Frome, Gainsborough, Gatehouse, Glasgow, Gorinchem, Grimsby, Groningen, Gt Yarmouth, Guildford, Gutersloh, Haaksbergen, Haarlem, Haifa, Halesowen, Harderwijk, Harlow, Hasselt, Helmond, Helsinki, Hemel Hempstead, Hereford, Heusden-Zolder, Hexham, High Wycombe, Hilversum, Hong Kong, Hoogeveen, Hoorn, Horsham, Hounslow, Huddersfield, Hull, Ipswich, Irvine, Islamabad, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Kandy, Karachi, Keswick, Kathmandu, Kidderminster, King’s Lynn, Kircudbright, Kortrijk, Krakow, , Kyoto, Lahore, Lancaster, Langholm, Leeuwarden, Leicester, Leiden, Leighton Buzzard, Lichfield, Lille, Lisbon, Liverpool, Ljublijana, Llantwit Major, Lochgelly, London, Loughborough, Loth, Lowestoft, Ludwigshafen, Luton, Luxembourg, Maastricht, Madras, Madrid, Maidstone, Manchester, Market Drayton, , Meppel, Mexico City, Middelburg, Milton Keynes, Moffat, Montevideo, Moscow, Munich, Neerpelt, Nelson, New York, Newcastle, Newtown, Nijmegen, Norwich, Oldham, Omagh, Ormskirk, Oslo, Oswestry, Oundle, Oxford, Paris, Pendley, Perth, Peshawar, Pilsen, Plovdiv, Plymouth, Porto, Porto Alegre, Portsmouth, Prague, Preston, Princes Risborough, Princeton, Recife, Recklinghausen, Redhill, Rennes, Richmond, Rio de Janeiro, Roermond, Rome, Roosendaal, Rotterdam, Rugby, Runcorn, St Andrews, St Austell, St Petersburg, Salford, Sao Paulo, Scunthorpe, Shanghai, Sheffield, Shrewsbury, Singapore, Sittard, Skegness, Sofia, Southport, Stadskanaal, Stafford, Stamford, Stevenage, Stirling, Stockholm, Stoke on Trent, Stranraer, Strasbourg, Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratton on Fosse, Strombeek-Bever, Sudbury, Sutton, Sydney, Tampere, Tamworth, Taormina, Taunton, Tel Aviv, Telfor, Tewkesbury, Thame, Thessaloniki, Thornhill, Tokyo, Tolworth, Torrington, Tunbridge Wells, Turnhout, Uppingham, Utrecht, Valladolid, Valletta, Venlo, Vienna, Wakefield, Wallingford, Warminster, Warsaw, Washington, Wellington, Wells, Whitehaven, Winchester, Windsor, Withernsea, Wolverhampton, Worthing, Wuerzburg, York, Zutphen and Zwolle.