{"id":962,"date":"2024-01-11T20:27:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T20:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thds2.wpcomstaging.com\/?page_id=962"},"modified":"2024-02-23T21:40:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T21:40:52","slug":"2023-shakespeare-in-love","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/?page_id=962","title":{"rendered":"2023 &#8211; Shakespeare in Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sil-1.png?w=616\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-966\" style=\"width:465px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Playwright &#8211; Mark Norman &amp; Tom Stoppard.\u2002Adapted for the stage by Lee Hall<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Location &#8211; Harrogate Theatre Main Stage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Director &#8211; Dermot Hill<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cast<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Will Shakespeare &#8211; Naail Ishaq<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Viola de Lesseps &#8211; Debbie Phillips<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Christopher Marlowe &#8211; Gary Skipper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lord Wessex &#8211; Richard Blackburn<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Henslowe &#8211; Michael Garside<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fennyman &#8211; Karl Boyd<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Burbage &#8211; Richard Naylor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ned Alleyn &#8211; Matthew Weilding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Queen Elizabeth &#8211; Lesley Wheal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nurse &#8211; Jenny Humphreys<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tilney &#8211; Stuart Newsome<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>John Webster &#8211; Louis Boyd<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wabash &#8211; Matt Melenas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sam &#8211; Kath McGolpin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ralph &#8211; Bob Mallow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nol &#8211; Joshua Gair<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Boatman &#8211; Janet Wilson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lambert &#8211; Mark Nicholls<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Frees &#8211; Tony Fennerty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peter &#8211; Ade Payne<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lady de Lessops &#8211; Lucy Gradwell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kate &#8211; Carmen Perez<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Catling &#8211; Rebecca Evans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mistress Quickly &#8211; Sue Atkin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Penniless and indebted to two demanding producers, struggling young playwright William Shakespeare is tormented by writer\u2019s block until he meets the beautiful Viola de Lesseps, daughter of a wealthy merchant, whose fiery passion for poetry and drama leaves her secretly longing to be an actor. Both are despondent when they learn that Viola\u2019s father has promised her to the stuffy Lord Wessex in order to gain a title for their family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the veil of secrecy, Will and Viola\u2019s passionate love affair becomes the basis of the very play he is writing \u2013 Romeo and Juliet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With opening night \u2013 and the wedding day \u2013 fast approaching, the plots race toward a parallel conclusion. Will it all work out in the end or are the two star-crossed lovers destined for tragedy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cast Penniless and indebted to two demanding producers, struggling young playwright William Shakespeare is tormented [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-962","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2791,"href":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/962\/revisions\/2791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}