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- Feb 2008 2008 Spring Season Eddie Martinez, Interra/actic Go Fish, 2007 BAM 2008 Sprinl Season is sponsored by: Bloomberg ENCOREThe Performing Arts Magazine 2008 Spring Season Brooklyn Academy of Music Alan H. Fishman William I. Campbell Chairman of the Board Vice Chairman of the Board Karen Brooks Hopkins Joseph V. Melillo President Executive Producer presents Macbeth Approximate BAM Harvey Theater running time: Feb 12 at 8pm (Macbeth: The Benefit) two hours and Feb 13—16, 19—23, 26—29 at 7:30pm 45 minutes, Mar 1, 4—8, 11—15, 18—22 at 7:30pm one intermission Feb 16 & 23, Mar 1, 8, 15, 22 at 2pm Feb 17 & 24, Mar 2, 9, 16 at 3pm By William Shakespeare a Chichester Festival Theatre production Produced by Duncan C. Weldon & Paul Elliott for Triumph Entertainment Ltd Directed by Rupert Goold Design by Anthony Ward Lighting design by Howard Harrison Composed and sound design by Adam Cork Video and projection design by Lorna Heavey Movement director Georgina Lamb Fight director Terry King American stage manager Jane Pole First performances: Chichester Festival Theatre, May 25, 2007 Gielgud Theatre, London, Sep 21, 2007 BAM 2008 Spring Season is sponsored by Bloomberg. Macbeth is part of Classics at BAM presented by Bank of America. Macbeth: The Benefit is sponsored by Bank of America. Major support for Macbeth is provided by Newman’s Own Foundation with additional support from Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust. Leadership support for BAM Theater is provided by The SHS Foundation, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, with major support from Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust. Macbeth Cast in order of appearance Duncan, King of Scotland/ A Scottish Doctor Paul Shelley Malcolm, his eldest son Scott Handy Donalbain, his youngest son/Young Seyward, son of the Earl of Northumberland Ben Carpenter Macbeth Patrick Stewart Banquo, a Thane Martin Turner Macduff, a Thane Michael Feast Lennox, a Thane Mark Rawlings Ross, a Thane Tim Treloar Angus, a Thane Bill Nash Fleance, Banquo’s son *Emmett White Old Seyward, Earl of Northumberland/ Murderer Christopher Knott Seyton, a porter Christopher Patrick Nolan Bloody Sergeant/Murderer Hywel John Lady Macbeth Kate Fleetwood Lady Macduff Suzanne Burden Macduff children *Gabrielle Piacentile, *Jacob Rosenbaum, *Phoebe Keeling VanDusen Witch Sophie Hunter Witch/Gentlewoman Polly Frame Witch Niamh McGrady Lady Macbeth’s servant Oliver Birch Additional creative team Assistant director Christopher Haydon Costume supervisor Christine Rowland Mask specialist John Wright London Press Representative Sue Hyman Associates Production management Dan Watkins for The Production Desk The actors are appearing with the permission of Actors’ Equity Association. The American stage manager is a member of Actors’ Equity Association. * Member, Actors’ Equity Association SYNOPSIS Macbeth and Banquo, generals in the service of King Duncan of Scotland, are returning victorious from battle when they are hailed by three witches or “weyard sisters” who prophesy that Macbeth will become Thane of Cawdor and then King of Scotland, whereas Banquo’s descendants will be kings. The first part of the prophesy is soon fulfilled when Duncan rewards Macbeth’s loyal service: encouraged by this, and playing on her husband’s ambition, Lady Macbeth persuades him to murder Duncan while he is a guest at their castle. Malcolm and Donalbain, Duncan’s sons, flee to England for safety. Macbeth, now king, has Banquo murdered in an attempt to secure his own position, but Banquo’s ghost appears to him at a banquet. Macbeth visits the witches again. They warn him to beware of Macduff, a noble who has also fled to England, but assure him that he cannot be harmed by any man born of woman. Macbeth orders the murder of Macduff’s wife and children. In England, Malcolm tests Macduff’s loyalty and they then raise an army to march against Macbeth, but he, armed with the witches’ prophecy, believes himself invincible. As his enemies draw nearer, Macbeth learns that his wife is dead. He faces Macduff in combat but when he learns Macduff was born by Caesarian section he realizes that he must face death. Malcolm is crowned King of Scotland. Copyright © 2007 Macmillan Publishers Limited. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XS, England Who’s Who Oliver Birch (Lady Macbeth’s servant) It, ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Secret Orchards, Training: LAMDA. Theater includes: Prodo/Man The Cherry Orchard, Troilus and Cressida, An in Cell/3rd Sailor in Scenes From an Execution Office Romance, Sharma and Beyond, Love in a (Sweet Pea Productions), Doctor/Silvio in The Cold Climate, Bleak House, Hard Travelling, The Duchess of Malfi (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Rivals, Campion, Poirot, and Boon. Kendal in The Changing Room (Royal Court), Pangloss in Candide, Benedick in Much Ado Ben Carpenter (Donalbain/Young Seyward) About Nothing, Tusenbach in Three Sisters, Training: East 15. Theater includes: most Duncan/Porter in Macbeth and Histangua in A recently, Sebastian in Twelfth Night (Chichester Flea In Her Ear (LAMDA), Malvolio in Twelfth Festival Theatre), Kenneth Lake in French Night, Austin in True West, Birdboot in The Real Without Tears (English Touring Theatre). Also, Inspector Hound, and Skin Lad/Jerry in Road Rory in 24 Hour Plays – Guy Fawkes Night (Old (University of Durham). Other work includes Vic New Voices), Benvollo in Romeo and Juliet writing for and runnning En Masse, a (Antic Disposition), Ian in All Alone (Dublin Gay children’s touring theater company. He has Theatre Festival, Best Actor Award), Macbeth written three plays, The Echo Chamber, The (Community 20), and Mancub (Vanishing Point). Ignatius Trail, and The Shelter, for which he has Film includes: Tent Boy, Remember My Friend, won two Fringe First writing awards. and Commitment. Suzanne Burden (Lady Macduff) Adam Cork (Composer & Sound Designer) Training: RADA. Theater includes: at Chichester, Training: music at Cambridge University, studying Maria in Twelfth Night, Lydia Cruttwell in In composition with Robin Holloway. Theater Praise of Love, and Beth in Three Women and includes: scores and sound designs for Chichester a Piano Tuner (Minerva). Also, Alice in Elective productions of The Government Inspector Affinities and Stephanie in Eric La Rue (Royal (Festival Theatre) and King Lear (Minerva). Also, Shakespeare Company/Soho Theatre), Adrianna Frost/Nixon (Gielgud/Donmar/Broadway), Don in Comedy of Errors (RSC/West End), Therese Carlos (Gielgud), Suddenly Last Summer (Albery, in Solstice (RSC), Goneril in King Lear, Judith 2005 Olivier Award nomination for Best Sound in The Possibilities and When We Dead Awaken Design), Caligula, Henry IV, The Wild Duck, The (Almeida), Maria Fitzherbert in Battle Royal, Cut, Don Juan in Soho, John Gabriel Borkman Melinda in The Recruiting Officer, The White (Donmar Warehouse), The Glass Menagerie Chameleon, Thea Elvstead in Hedda Gabler, (Apollo), On the Third Day (New Ambassadors, Beatrice in The Voysey Inheritance, Clare subject of C4 documentary The Play’s the Folliatt in The Shaughraun and Sophia in Piano Thing), Speaking Like Magpies (RSC Swan), (National Theatre), Mother in By Many Wounds The Tempest (RSC RST/Michigan/Novello), Five (Hampstead), Lady Fidget in The Country Wife Gold Rings, The Late Henry Moss, Tom and Viv (Sheffield Crucible), Heather in Neverland (Royal (Almeida), Underneath the Lintel (Duchess), Court), Lavinia in The Cocktail Party (Edinburgh On the Ceiling (Garrick), Scaramouche Jones Festival), Hermione in The Winter’s Tale (RSC (Riverside Studios/world tour), Troilus and tour; Helen Hayes Washington, DC; nomination Cressida (Old Vic), Sunday Father, Faustus for Best Actress), Ellie Dunn in Heartbreak (Hampstead), Nine Parts of Desire (Wilma House (Edinburgh Lyceum), Celia in As You Like Theatre, Philadelphia), A Midsummer Night‘s It (Royal Exchange), and Madame de Tourvel Dream, Lear (Sheffield Crucible), Romeo and in Les Liaisons Dangereuses (RSC/West End/ Juliet (Manchester Royal Exchange), My Uncle Broadway, Drama Desk New York nomination Arly (Royal Opera House, Linbury), The Field, for Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role). The War Next Door (Tricycle), Alice’s Adventures Film includes: Gertler, The Devotee, Very Like in Wonderland (Bristol Old Vic, 2005 TMA Award a Whale, The Escort, and Strapless. Television Best Show for Young People), Paradise Lost, and includes: Fear Stress and Anger, Murphy’s Law, Restoration (Oxford Stage Company/Headlong). My Family, Life Begins (three series), Absolute Film and television include: Frances Tuesday, Re- Power, The Lost Prince, Midsomer Murders, ignited, Imprints, Bust, Sexdrive, and Tripletake. Armadillo, Microsoap, The Vet, A Mind to Murder, Radio includes: Losing Rosalind, The Luneberg Between the Lines, Soldier Soldier, You Me and Variation, The Colonel-Bird, and Don Carlos. Who’s Who Gabrielle Dawes (Casting Director) in Clever Soldiers (Hampstead Theatre Club), Dawes is a freelance casting director and was Verkhovensky in The Possessed (Almeida), previously deputy head of casting at the NT for Ivanov in Every Good Boy Deserves Favour six years. Award-winning productions at the NT (Royal Festival Hall), Jean in Miss Julie (Liverpool include Caroline, or Change; His Dark Materials Playhouse), and Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (original production and revival); Elmina’s (Shaw). Film includes: Deaths of Ian, Penelope, Kitchen (original production, tour, and West End); Long Time Dead, Young Blades, Sleepy Hollow, The Pillowman; and Coram Boy. Dawes is the Velvet Goldmine, Prometheus,
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