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A collaborative play, devised by [[Jane Taylor|Taylor, Jane]].  
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A collaborative play, devised by [[Jane Taylor]].  
  
 
A new work of experimental theatre, a combination of sculptural puppetry, live performance, sound and visual art. The work is a meditation on the late works of William Shakespeare, and the lost play ''[[The History of Cardenio]]'' (registered 1653).  
 
A new work of experimental theatre, a combination of sculptural puppetry, live performance, sound and visual art. The work is a meditation on the late works of William Shakespeare, and the lost play ''[[The History of Cardenio]]'' (registered 1653).  
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It was first performed ***
 
It was first performed ***
Writer/director: Jane Taylor,  
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Writer/director: [[Jane Taylor]],  
Creative collaborator: Aja Marneweck and the Paper Body Collective
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Creative collaborator: [[Aja Marneweck]] and the [[Paper Body Collective]]
Puppet sculptor: Gavin Younge
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Puppet sculptor: [[Gavin Younge]]
 
Sound design and composition: Julia Raynham
 
Sound design and composition: Julia Raynham
Artist: Penny Siopis as anatomy artist
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Artist: [[Penny Siopis]] as anatomy artist
 
CAST:
 
CAST:
Jemma Kahn as Anne Greene/Dorotea
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[[Jemma Kahn]] as Anne Greene/Dorotea
Dylan Esbach as Dr Petty and Cardenio
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[[Dylan Esbach]] as Dr Petty and Cardenio
Martin Kintu as primary puppeteer, and Printer, and Luscinda
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[[Martin Kintu]] as primary puppeteer, and Printer, and Luscinda
Rouxnet Brown as the Assistant, and warrior puppeteer
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[[Rouxnet Brown]] as the Assistant, and warrior puppeteer
Jeroen Kranenberg as Town crier and Don Quixote
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[[Jeroen Kranenberg]] as Town crier and Don Quixote
  
 
First published in the [[South African Theatre Journal]], 26(2):185-217(2012).
 
First published in the [[South African Theatre Journal]], 26(2):185-217(2012).

Revision as of 16:51, 7 November 2013

A collaborative play, devised by Jane Taylor.

A new work of experimental theatre, a combination of sculptural puppetry, live performance, sound and visual art. The work is a meditation on the late works of William Shakespeare, and the lost play The History of Cardenio (registered 1653).

One of some twelve new works commissioned by Renaissance scholar Stephen Greenblatt from Harvard University, in his deliberations on the “missing Shakespeare play.” for The Cardenio Project

It was first performed *** Writer/director: Jane Taylor, Creative collaborator: Aja Marneweck and the Paper Body Collective Puppet sculptor: Gavin Younge Sound design and composition: Julia Raynham Artist: Penny Siopis as anatomy artist CAST: Jemma Kahn as Anne Greene/Dorotea Dylan Esbach as Dr Petty and Cardenio Martin Kintu as primary puppeteer, and Printer, and Luscinda Rouxnet Brown as the Assistant, and warrior puppeteer Jeroen Kranenberg as Town crier and Don Quixote

First published in the South African Theatre Journal, 26(2):185-217(2012).