APPROXIMATE PERFORMANCE TIME 2 HOURS 5 MINUTES PLUS AN INTERVAL OF 20 MINUTES

cast creatives THE DUCHESS OF MALFI THE DUCHESS’ SONS DIRECTOR STAGE MANAGER JOAN IYIOLA HARRY DAVIES MARIA ABERG PAUL SAWTELL FERDINAND, her brother, MATTHEW PHILCOX DESIGNER DEPUTY STAGE MANAGER Duke of Calabria GIANNI NAOMI DAWSON LORNA EARL ALEXANDER COBB SARACENI-GUNNER LIGHTING DESIGNER ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER THE CARDINAL, her brother FATEH PREM SINGH NATASHA CHIVERS JESS HARDCASTLE CHRIS NEW ZANE SWEENEY COMPOSER LEAD CHAPERONE BOSOLA, gentleman of the horse XAVIER WILSON ORLANDO GOUGH SABRINA HARRIS to the Duchess NICOLAS TENNANT OFFICERS SOUND DESIGNER CHAPERONES GRAEME BROOKES CLAIRE WINDSOR SUZANNA KELLY ANTONIO, steward of the household to the Duchess SOLOMON ISRAEL MOVEMENT DIRECTOR EMILY SHOWELL

PAUL WOODSON MADMEN AYSE TASHKIRAN PRODUCER DELIO, his friend PLAYED BY FIGHT DIRECTORS ZO DONEGAN GREG BARNETT THE COMPANY RACHEL

CARIOLA, waiting-woman to the EXECUTIONERS BOWN-WILLIAMS Duchess WILL BROWN RUTH AMANDA HADINGUE RICHARD HURST COOPER-BROWN musicians MUSIC PLAYED LIVE BY JULIA, the Cardinal’s mistress COUNTER TENOR COMPANY VOICE AND TEXT WORK CATHLEEN McCARRON ARETHA AYEH FRANCIS GUSH GUITAR/BASS GUITAR RODERIGO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR JOE ARCHER ALL OTHER PARTS PLAYED BY WILL BROWN MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY FLORIANA DEZOU GUITAR/BASS GUITAR SILVIO MUSIC DIRECTOR NICK LEE

ASHLEY GAYLE DAVID RIDLEY BASS GUITAR/GUITAR GRISOLAN CASTING DIRECTOR MARTYN SPENCER

RICHARD HURST HELENA PALMER CDG PERCUSSION DOCTOR CHILDREN’S CASTING DIRECTOR KEVIN WATERMAN

JEFF ALEXANDER BARBARA ROBERTS CDG KEYBOARD THE DUCHESS’ DAUGHTER LITERARY MANAGER DAVID RIDLEY CHANT BENT PIPPA HILL LARA DOYLE IN AN ATTEMPT to prevent the fiercely independent Duchess from marrying the PRODUCTION MANAGER EVA MARTIN man she loves, her corrupt brothers go on a disturbing quest to destroy her. SIMON ASH Remarkable for its inventive and grotesque violence, yet full of dark humour, this COSTUME SUPERVISOR violent revenge tragedy asks how anyone can survive in a world where masculinity JACKIE ORTON has become toxic. COMPANY MANAGER production acknowledgements MICHAEL DEMBOWICZ Scenery, set painting, properties, costumes, armoury, wigs and make-up by RSC Workshops, Stratford-upon-Avon. Blood supplied by Anthony Davies at Pigs Might Fly South. Thank you to Owen Bullett for sculpting the bull carcass. Production photographer: Helen Maybanks. Audio description by Julia Grundy and Mary Plackett. Captioning by Beverley Ward. Chaperones: Gill Cleeve, Diane Ford and Angie Smith. The first performance of this production took place on 1 March 2018 at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. The use of video cameras and any other recording equipment in the theatre is strictly forbidden. Photography is not permitted during the performance. Mobile phones and watch alarms should be turned off or deposited in the cloakroom. Please remember, too, that coughing, whispering and fanning programmes spoils the performance for other members of the audience and can also be distracting to the actors.