Directed by Gabrielle Brewer-Wallin. Costume Design by Cheryl
Cantwell.
Performed as an ensemble piece, with 10 actors playing all roles (and sharing
the role of Henry), we staged the production in the Little Theatre, seating
100 people in a near- In-The-Round configuration. As Gabrielle wrote in the
program, it's an intimate play, and as the opening Chorus states, these are
merely players to portray a moment in history.
The setting is one of the past, present, and the unknown future. Timeless. Metal
on the floor, metal all around the audience, emblazoned with the names Shakespeare
lists as fallen soldiers, plus a warm wood, earthy battle map, to give the show
a sense of place, and the action a sense of magnitude. The lighting was noir-ish,
as they are quick glimpses and tableaus of an action past. (Can we see our current
international state of affairs in this play?)