Stage Histories
Edited by Elizabeth Schafer| Type | Date(s) | Theatre | Director | Company / Cast | Details |
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The Antipodes |
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| Performance | 1638 | Salisbury Court Theatre, Fleet Street, London | Henrietta Maria's Men (Queen's Majesty's Servants) | Comments from SourceAs recorded on the 1640 Quarto title page. |
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| Performance | 26 August 1661 | King's House (Theatre Royal, Vere Street) London | The King's Company under Sir Thomas Killigrew | Comments from SourcePerformance referenced in Samuel Pepys's Diary for 1661: "[...]to the Theatre and saw the "Antipodes" wherein there is much mirth, but no great matter else". |
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| Performance | July 1662 | Thomas Killigrew's Company | CommentsWithout a date, between 6 and 23 July. Bawcutt includes this in a list of Killigrew's Company's performances from 1660 to 1662 as recorded in the Revels Documents, 1660-1673, where the date of first performance is recorded as the 6th July, 1662. (See Bawcutt, p.268.) It was presumably a revival of the production that Pepys records as seeing the same company play in August 1661. |
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| Run | 12 August 2000 to 22 September 2000 |
Shakespeare's Globe | Gerald Freedman | White CompanyCast ListBlaze - Tim PreeceHughball - Geoffrey Beevers Barbara - Joanna McCallum Joyless - James Hayes Peregrine - Harry Gostelow Diana - Penny Layden Martha - Karen Tomlin Letoy - Tim Woodward Quailpipe - Roger Gartland Byplay - Mark Lockyer Truelock - Chris Tranchell Followers of Letoy - Tim Block; Dragan Micanovic; Jan Knightley; Mark Rylance; David Phelan; Leader Hawkins |
External ReviewsWhat's On 23.8.00Evening Standard 21.8.00 Mail on Sunday 27.8.00 Time Out 23.8.00 Independent on Sunday 27.8.00 Daily Telegraph 21.8.00 The Times 22.8.00 Guardian 22.8.00 Financial Times 23.8.00 Sunday Telegraph 27.8.00 Jewish Chronicle 25.8.00 External Sourcehttp://www.shakespeares-globe.org/docs/The_Antipodes_2000.pdfCommentsMaster of Clothing and Properties - Jenny TiramaniMaster of Music - Claire Van Kampen Extensive archive at Shakespeare's Globe. The text of the play as used for this production, edited by David Scott Kastan and Richard Proudfoot, was published by Nick Hern Books in 2000. The volume carries a two-page introduction by Gerald Freedman, the "Master of Play", who describes the play and his production as conjuring up "a frolicsome world of nonsense and common sense". |
| Performance | 18 March 2004 | The Boilerhouse, Royal Holloway, Egham, Surrey | Richard Cave | Undergraduate students | CommentsThe production (heavily cut to run for just under two hours) was mounted as part of a Performance Research Project that ran throughout the Spring Term of the academic year, 2003-2004. The largest cut was made to Act Five: the students elected to omit the character of Truelock and the revelation of Diana's parentage; instead her strand of the plotting ended with Joyless's line "She is invincible!", after which the play moved swiftly towards the masque. Much was made of the fact that the figures of Discord were not utterly quelled but temporarily vanquished: rising, they left the house but would continue to haunt its environs. The final masque was performed in full. |
| Performance | 15 September 2005 | Santa Cruz | Leah Gardner | Shakespeare Santa Craz (fringe)Cast ListBlaze - Dale DurhamJoyless- Craig Piaget Doctor Hughball - Lee Sanger Goldin Barbara - Kathryn Zdan Martha - Susannah Freedman Letoy - Roarke Walker Satava Quailpipe - Kai Winden Peregrine - Andrew P.Quick Diana - Katie Pelensky Byplay and others - Patrick Riley Truelock - Kai Winden Lawyer, Old Lady, Young Maid, and other - Evangeline Crittenden Waiting Woman, Old woman, Constable, and others - Amy Marie Maven Gentleman - Dale Durham Citizen, Beggar, Poet, and others - Kai Winden Buff Woman, Old Man - Kathryn Zdan |
CommentsAlso played 22nd August 2005Directed with Mike Ryan Dramaturg - Karen Kettnich Assistant Director - Emily Gift Scenic Designer - Leah Jampel Costume Designer - Noah Marincich |
| Run | April 2008 | Ballarat Mining Exchange, Lydiard Street, Ballarat, Australia (a site-specific performance in a historic | Kim Durban | Cast ListBlaze - Dylan LincolnJoyless - Luke Western Doctor Hughball - Anthony Dynon Dcotor - Holly Fisher Barbara - Alison Etheridge Martha - Tamara Gourley Letoy - Scott Middleton Quailpipe - Sarah Ranken Peregrine - Rick Haseman Diana - Robyn Nethercote Byplay - Scott Jackson Truelock - Alexander May Letoy's Players, Sailors, Gentlemen, Maids, Citizens, Courtiers - Vanessa Crouch; Stephanie Osztreicher; Kristy Phelan; Rhea Walker; Emily Frewen; Beth Liston; John Desengano; Adam Smith; Jessica Nichols; Andrew Roestenburg; Ashley Clarke; Kara Tischler; Philippa Shea; Sarah Brennan; Matt Young. |
CommentsSet Designer - John BennettLighting Designer - Bronwyn Pringle Costume Designer - Melanie Liertz Sound Design - J. David Franzke Choreography - Jessica Nichols Musical Directors - Philippa Shea & Rhea Walker |
| Performance | 15 November 2008 | The Vault, University of Winchester | Rob Conkie | Undergraduate students | CommentsRob Conkie comments - the production was played in modern dress and for broad comedy, including a life-sized Skippy the Kangaroo and some very dodgy Australian accents. Conkie was returning to Australia and he spoke the Epilogue to the cast and audience as a farewell to the University of Winchester and the UK. |