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Maria
(Teresa Coles McGee) and Sir Toby Belch (Joseph Hughes) |
The
dandy Sir Andrew Aguecheek (Paul West) with Maria (Teresa Coles McGee) |
Orsina
(Phil Kohler) in discussion with the disguised Viola (Becky Hunt),
while Curio (Alex Hawkins) and Valentine (James Suther) look on |
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Malvolio
(Dan Hawkins), before his tragic fall |
Olivia
(Hazel Blenkinsop) |
Sebastian
(Jamie Wilson) is comforted by Antonio (Michael Crawshaw) |
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Viola
(Becky Hunt) in her guise as Cesario |
Which
is the fool? Sir Andrew Aguecheek (Paul West), Feste (Tim Hurrell)
or Sir Toby Belch (Joseph Hughes)? |
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Review
From
the Leamington Courier:
'Uplifting
romantic comedy'
Farce
and confusion ensue in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, but the
Cubbington Players managed to bring control to the chaos. For a first
night performance they provided some hearty, brave and at times very
engaging acting which offered an ample dose of escapism to those in a
crammed village hall.
Lines
were forgotten and early nerves needed to be overcome but the
amateur performers still captured the essence of one of the
playwright's most popular comedies. And that is no small task
considering the nature of the script which is driven as much by
colourful characters as humourous shenanigans. He who profits from
the mix of mistaken identities, cross dressing,drunken tomfoolery,
cunning trickery and hyperactive bravado is Jester Fester, played by
Tim Hurrell. Hurrell barely put a foot wrong in the role, as he
conived in a multicoloured waist coat and, though obviously out of
his comfort zone, perfomed his singing parts quite well.
Arrogant
steward Malvolio falls fouls of Feste and his friends' plan to make
a fool of him and Dan Hawkins was equally apt in portraying both the
self importance and wretchedness of the character. Like many of
Shakespeare's romantic comedies the ending is mostly happy, which was
how I felt after watching Cubbington Players for the first time.
Verdict:
a good effort
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