Two Shakespearean Actors was commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company. It opened at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, on August 29, 1990. It was directed by Roger Michell, with assistant direction by Clarissa Brown; the set design was by Alexandra Byrne, the lighting design was by Rick Fisher, the music was composed by Jeremy Sams and the stage managers were Jondon Gourkan, David Mann and Liz Lawrence. The cast was as follows:
EDWIN FORREST |
Anton Lesser |
MISS JANE BASS |
Polly Kemp |
MISS HELEN BURTON |
Catherine White |
MISS ANNE HOLLAND |
Georgiana Dacombe |
TILTON |
George Raistrick |
THOMAS FISHER |
George Anton |
ROBERT JONES |
Ken Shorter |
MR. BLAKELY |
Arnold Yarrow |
SCOTT |
Trevor Martin |
JOHN RYDER |
Paul Jesson |
WILLIAM CHARLES MACREADY |
John Carlisle |
CHARLES CLARK |
Michael Gardiner |
MRS. POPE |
Penny Jones |
GEORGE BRADSHAW |
John Warnaby |
FREDERICK WEMYSS |
Alfred Burke |
JAMES BRIDGES |
Vincent Regan |
JOHN SEFTON |
Michael Bott |
MR. CHIPPINDALE |
Bill McGuirk |
PETER ARNOLD |
Andrew Havill |
CATHERINE FORREST |
Mary Chater |
MISS WEMYSS |
Rowena King |
DION BOUCICAULT |
Ciaran Hinds |
Yolanda Vazquez |
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WASHINGTON IRVING |
John Bott |
Two Shakespearean Actors was subsequently produced by Lincoln Center Theatre (Gregory Mosher, Director; Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) at The Cort Theatre on December 17, 1991. It was directed by Jack O’Brien; the set design was by David Jenkins, the costume design was by Jane Greenwood, the lighting design was by Jules Fisher, the sound design was by Jeff Ladman, the original score was by Bob James; the fight director was Steve Rankin, the production stage manager was Alan Hall and the stage manager was Deborah Clelland. The cast was as follows:
EDWIN FORREST |
Victor Garber |
MISS JANE BASS |
Jennifer Van Dyck |
MISS HELEN BURTON |
Judy Kuhn |
MISS ANNE HOLLAND |
Hope Davis |
TILTON |
Tom Lacy |
THOMAS FISHER |
Graham Winton |
ROBERT JONES |
John Wojda |
MR. BLAKELY |
Richard Clarke |
SCOTT |
Jeffrey Allan Chandler |
JOHN RYDER |
Zeljko Ivanek |
WILLIAM CHARLES MACREADY |
Brian Bedford |
CHARLES CLARK |
Alan Brasington |
MRS. POPE |
Le Clanché Du Rand |
GEORGE BRADSHAW |
Michael Butler |
FREDERICK WEMYSS |
Bill Moor |
JAMES BRIDGES |
Tim MacDonald |
JOHN SEFTON |
James Murtaugh |
MR. CHIPPINDALE |
Mitchell Edmonds |
PETER ARNOLD |
Ben Bodé |
CATHERINE FORREST |
Frances Conroy |
MISS WEMYSS |
Katie Finneran |
DION BOUCICAULT |
Eric Stoltz |
AGNES ROBERTSON |
Laura Innes |
WASHINGTON IRVING |
Tom Aldredge |
Other actors and servants were played by: David Andrew MacDonald, Katie MacNichol, Susan Pellegrino and Thomas Schall.