Timon of Athens
- By:
- William Shakespeare
- Composer:
- Django Bates
- Management:
- Shakespeare's Globe
- Cast:
- Peter Bankole, Jonathan Bond, Oliver Boot, Christopher Brandon, Adam Burton, Richard Clews, Robert Goodale, Patrick Godfrey, Michael Jibson, Michael Matus, Pippa Nixon, Gary Oliver, Simon Paisley Day, Sam Parks, Bo Poraj, Fernanda Prata, Laura Rogers, Vinicius Salles, Sian Williams, Bethan Walker
- Director:
- Lucy Bailey
- Design:
- William Dudley
- Choreography:
- Maxine Doyle
Production information can change over the run of the show.
Lucy Bailey has reimagined this notoriously tricky piece about money, sycophants, parasites, spongers and personal tragedy by placing sinister, black clad, feathered actors as vultures continually crawling, clicking and occasionally swooping down on bungee wires from a net slung high over the auditorium. The metaphor is obvious but theatrically very effective: as Timon's generosity sours and turns to bitterness, these hideous creatures are there, immediately, to consume him...
Run sheet
- Shakespeare's Globe London
- August 6-October 3
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