In this post is collected a series of notes from the play’s director, Michael Cordner, on the ongoing rehearsal process. Sunday 2 June Just passed the half-way mark in our short rehearsal period. The first attempt today on the play’s massive final scene, with its extraordinary twists and turns. Putting it on its feet […]
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Rehearsal Diaries
In this series of posts, the project interns track the ongoing rehearsals… Rehearsal: 20th May. Author: Amy-Rhianne Milton Act 1 Scene 1, Nick Armfield (Freevill), Stevie Jeram (Malheureux), Dan Cornwell (Mulligrub) Act 4 Scene 2, Freevill, Malheureux. The play opens as young gallants Freevill, Malheureux, Tysefew and Caqueteur tease the landlord Mulligrub, who, we soon […]
FILM: ‘Nay, good sweet daughter, do not swagger so’
Here we present two clips in which the actors work on Act 2 Scene 2. At the opening of this scene, Franceschina has learned of Freevill’s engagement to Beatrice and that she now faces not only the loss of her best customer, but her the man with whom she has inadvisedly fallen in love. In […]
FILM: ‘What news from Babylon?’ – First rehearsals with Nick Armfield and Stevie Jeram
In this clip Nick Armfield (Freevill) and Stevie Jeram (Malheureux) have been rehearsing the end of Act 3 Scene 1 for the first time. This film shows the first pacing-out of the scene. Malheureux admits to have been asked by Franceschina to kill Freevill, and that he for a moment did consider it. Freevill accordingly […]
Interview: Odinn Hilmarsson, Composer
Odinn Hilmarsson is a graduate of the Department of Theatre, Film and Television MA Digital Film and Television Production and works as a freelance composer. He previously collaborated with Michael Cordner on the music for A Mad World! My Masters. In this interview, he talks with project research associate Ollie Jones about the process of […]
Early rehearsals – photos
Rehearsals for June’s production are now underway. Tuesday was spent working with Freevill and Malheureux, played by Nick Armfield and Stevie Jeram, on Malheureux’s overheard soliloquy in Act 1 Scene 2, and with Malheureux and Franceschina, played by Anna Thirkettle, on Malheureux’s wooing of Franceschina in 2.2.
Meet the Cast
Profile: Jan Bee Brown
With over 25 years experience working in design, Jan Bee Brown is an established theatre designer, textile artist and freelance curator – skills which she frequently shares with students through lectures and masterclasses exploring costume and set design. Jan Bee describes her role as that of a “visual storyteller”, with her passion centred in the […]
Festival of Ideas Events
Alongside the main production of The Dutch Courtesan we are hosting a series of events in association with the University of York Festival of Ideas. CLICK HERE FOR DIRECTIONS (please note, the FTR #4 bus no longer operates a shuttle to Heslington East Campus. However, the #44 Unibus service stops directly outside the Department) Jacobean […]
Coming soon!
After a preliminary week mid-April, full rehearsals for the production will begin on 15th May. From that point onwards its progress will be mapped and logged – via film and written reports – by the project’s student interns. They will also interview key participants in its planning and development (including members of its cast, its […]