Event information
By William Shakespeare
Performed by MA Acting Classical 2020
When churchyards yawn, and Hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world.
In the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, the students of MA Classical Acting 2020 at Central returned to the School to complete their training.
This film is the result of the encounter between the new normal and Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy, rehearsed and filmed under strict COVID-secure conditions in the empty Embassy Theatre, London, in October 2020.
The film is available to view on YouTube.
Creative and Production Credits
Director - Ben Naylor
Movement - Ingrid Mackinnon
Design - Max Dorey
Costume - Manuela Harding
Lighting - Ben Jacobs
Sound - Beth Duke
Fights - Rachel Bown-Williams with Bethan Clark for RC-Annie
Voice - Morwenna Rowe
Movement Associate - Mary Jackson-Crosse (MA Movement: Directing and Teaching)
Stage Manager - Beth Cotton
Assistant Stage Manager - Catriona McHugh
Costume Supervisor - Tash Prynne
Sound Engineer - Aaron Brotherhood (BA (Hons) Theatre Practice)
Lighting Programmer - Megan Curson (BA (Hons) Theatre Practice)
Production Manager - Shaz McGee
Film produced by John Wyver for Illuminations Media.
Cast
Sanaa Byfield Hamlet/Voltemand/Polonius/Ophelia/Guildenstern/Rosencrantz/Horatio
Stefan Chanyaem Marcellus/Player/Polonius/Guildenstern/Rosencrantz/Laertes/Hamlet
Maxwell Chartey Bernardo/Horatio/Hamlet/Fortinbras/Osric/Laertes
Issame Chayle King
Nicholas Currie Francisco/Horatio/Reynaldo/Guildenstern/Rosencrantz/Polonius/Hamlet/Sailor/Gravedigger
Silvia D’Anastasio Queen
Davide Farao Laertes/Guildenstern/Rosencrantz/Lucianus/Hamlet/Horatio/Osric
Ella Faye Horatio/Marcellus/Ophelia/Hamlet/Servant/Ambassador
Jack Herlihy Marcellus/Polonius/Player King/Horatio/Gravedigger/Hamlet
Harper Joseph Ophelia/Rosencrantz/Player Queen/Hamlet/Guildenstern/Fortinbras
Aaron Lynn Polonius/Hamlet/Player/Captain/Laertes/Servant
Nishad More Polonius/Laertes/Hamlet/Guildenstern/Rosencrantz/Osric
Mia Nuttgens Horatio/Marcellus/Ophelia/Polonius/Hamlet/Priest
Mari Robakidze Bernardo/Hamlet/Horatio/Guildenstern/Rosencrantz/Ophelia/Laertes
Alex Westbrook Voltemand/Hamlet/Polonius/Guildenstern/Rosencrantz/Doctor/Horatio
and Blake Kubena (MA Acting Classical 2014) as the Ghost