Rehearsal

A satirical play poking fun at the overblown tragedies produced in the time of the Restoration, first staged in 1671. It uses the device of having three men working to develop a new play and having the actors trying out various scenes. The play itself is made up almost entirely of excerpts of existing dramatic works, and especially at those of John Dryden. (In the etext of the printed play which you can access from the link below, the play script is published on the right hand pages with every left hand page full of footnotes describing from which plays the scenes, lines, and allusions are taken.) - Summary by ToddHW

Cast list:

Bayes: ToddHW

Johnson: Greg Giordano

Smith: Beeswaxcandle

First King of Brentford: Adrian Stephens

Second King of Brentford: GaleHall

Prince Pretty-Man: Alan Mapstone

Prince Volscious: Ethan Hurst

Gentleman Usher: Claudia Caldi

Physician: Larry Wilson

Drawcansir: Elijah Fisher

General: Priamedes

Lieutenant General: Lynette Caulkins

Cordelio: redrun

Tom Thimble: Jim Locke

Fisherman: David Purdy

Sun: Agnes Robert Behr

Thunder: Claudia Caldi

First Player: Mathias Thorndal

Second Player: Alan Mapstone

Third Player: redrun

First Soldier: Sonia

Second Soldier: Elijah Fisher

First Herald: Inkell

Second Herald: David Purdy

Amaryillis: Michele Eaton

Cloris: Jenn Broda

Parthenope: Inkell

Pallas: Hope

Lightning: Availle

Moon: oogiesragdoll

Earth: Stunning

Shirley: Elsie Selwyn

Stage Directions: Devorah Allen

Editing: ToddHW