Bartholomew Fair

Part of University Open Air Theatre Festival 13 July-1 August 1959. Took place in the specially constructed Open Air Theatre, Avonbank Gardens, Stratford-upon-Avon under the auspices of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. Performed by the Oxford University Experimental Theatre Club

Cast & Crew

Cast

Adam Overdo
Alice
Bartholomew Cokes
Bristle
Captain Whit
Dame Overdo
Dame Purecraft
Dan Jordan Knockem
Ezekiel Edgeworth
Filcher
Grace Wellborn
Haggise
Humphrey Waspe
Joan Trash
John Littlewit
Lanthorn Leatherhead
Mooncalf
Northern
Puppy
Quarlous
Sharkwell
Troubleall
Ursula
Val Cutting
Win-the-Fight
Winwife
Zeal-of-the-Land

Crew

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Play description

Bartholomew Fayre: A Comedy is a comedy in five acts by Ben Jonson, the last written of his four great comedies. It was first staged on October 31, 1614 at the Hope Theatre by the Lady Elizabeth’s Men. Written four years after The Alchemist, five after Epicoene, or the Silent Woman, and nine after Volpone, it is in some respects the most experimental of these plays.

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