Torchlight Too: Hal & Falstaff
directed by Margo MacDonald and featuring Simon Bradshaw, John Doucet, Melanie Karin, Matthew John Lundvall, Geoff McBride and Katie Ryerson
Set and Costume Design by Vanessa Imeson
Lighting Design by Rebecca Miller
Fight Direction by Craig Shackleton
Stage Manager – Erin Finn
ASM – Katherine Dermott
Props – Jess Preece
Hal & Falstaff: the Prodigal Prince and the Lord of Misrule.
Henry (Harry or Hal) Monmouth (later Henry V): Scoundrel, lay-about, party animal; friend to cut-purses, prostitutes and thieves; player of practical jokes, shirker of responsibility (‘hakuna mutata’ was his creed); Prince, heir apparent, soldier; and eventually, a pretty good king.
Sir John Falstaff: that enormous and well-loved con-man, coward and gad-about-town; grifter, pretender, liar and thief; the Lord of Misrule.
Theirs is a friendship doomed to fall. For when the Prince rises to be King, he must embrace rule and order. What room then for an old and unrepentant lay-about, the very embodiment of disorder itself?
An adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2 with bits of Henry V, delivered with battles, sword fights, kissing and quaffing – along with some mighty fine speeches.
September 3-22 2013 – Touring to three different indoor venues!
September 3-8 – The Gladstone Theatre
September 10-15 – Shenkman Richcraft Studio
September 17-22 – Centrepointe Studio
