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Kare Conradi
Imogen Daines
Rufus Hound
Dauphin/Edward IV
Joan of Arc/Simpcox’s Wife/ Citizen/Lady Bona/Lady Anne
Bedford/Bolingbroke/ Jack Cade/Rivers
Kåre trained at LAMDA and The Academy of Dramatic Arts, Oslo. Theatre credits include The Little Prince (The Lyric Theatre, Belfast); Diary From Belgrade, The Perfect Husband, Erasmus Montanus, The Story of Peer Gynt, A Beautiful Place, Fanny & Alexander, People and Robbers of Cardemon Town, Carousel, Little Eyolf, Pretenders, When We Dead Awaken, League of Youth, Peer Gynt, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Government Inspector, Romeo and Juliet, Skylight, Abigail’s Party (National Theatre of Norway); Hamlet (Trondheim Theatre, Norway); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (British Shakespeare Company); Bör Börson, The Glass Menagerie, West Side Story, Hamlet (Trøndelag Theatre, Norway); Cirkus, The Wind in the Willows, I Hired a Contract Killer, The Pianist, The Shadow, Stones in His Pockets (Torshov Theatre); Cabaret, My Girl, My Fair Lady, Singing in the Rain (Oslo NYE Theatre) and Dumb Show (Tour). Film and television credits include Monsters Inc, Blessed Are Those Who Thirst, SMS – Seven Magical Circles, Boys Will Be Boys, Sophie’s World, Spirit, Greatest of All, Betrayal, Time Before Tim and Wide Blue Yonder. Directing credits include The National Theatre of Norway’s Amphitheatre (Artistic Director 2000‑2003) and The Norwegian Ibsen Company (Artistic Director 2014 – Present).
CAST Oscar Batterham John Talbot/The Son Who Killed His Father/ Basset Oscar trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Credits whilst training include Guys and Dolls, Burnt by the Sun, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Flare Path, Her Naked Skin, Oedipus Rex, South Downs, The Browning Version, The Cherry Orchard and The Way of the World.
Freddy Carter Reignier/Prince Edward/ Clerk of Chatham/ Third Watch Freddy trained at The Oxford School of Drama. This is his professional stage debut. Credits whilst training include Lines in the Sand (Soho Theatre); All Day Permanent Red (Pegasus Theatre); All My Sons, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Children of the Sun.
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Oliver Cotton Winchester/Clifford/Hastings Theatre credits include Summerfolk, Money, Troilus & Cressida, Piano, The Crucible, Despatches, World Turned Upside Down, HalfLife, The Passion, Madras House, Julius Caesar, Tales from the Vienna Woods, No Man’s Land, Hamlet, Tamburlaine (National Theatre); Henry IV (Shakespeare’s Globe); Richard II, A Flea in Her Ear, The Philadelphia Story (The Old Vic); Piano Forte, Lear, Bingo, Man Is Man, Duchess of Malfi (The Royal Court); Some Americans Abroad, The Plain Dealer, The Plantagenets, The Marrying of Ann Leete (Royal Shakespeare Company); An Ideal Husband (Lyric Theatre); Benefactors (Vaudeville Theatre); Children of a Lesser God (Noel Coward Theatre); Brand, Daytona (Theatre Royal, Haymarket); The Homecoming (Garrick) and Passion Play (Duke of York’s). Film credits include The Dark Knight Rises, The Gisella Perl Story, Shanghai Knights, Baby Blue, The Dancer Upstairs, Beowulf, The Opium War, Eleni, Christopher Columbus, Hiding Out, The Sicilian, Firefox, Oliver Twist and The Day Christ Died. Television credits include Money, Margaret, The Borgias, Sensitive Skin, Sharpe’s Battle, Redemption, Westbeach, Innocents, Waking the Dead, The Camomile Lawn, Penny Dreadful and Ripper Street. Writing includes Singing for Stalin, The English Game, Peeping Through (Film); The Enoch Show (The Royal Court); Man Falling Down (Shakespeare’s Globe); Wet Weather Cover (King’s Head) and Daytona (Theatre Royal, Haymarket).
Jim Creighton Burgundy/Simpcox/Stafford/Father Who Killed His Son/Ely Theatre credits include Journey’s End (Watermill Theatre); The Silver Tassie, Fram, Market Boy, The Royal Hunt of the Sun, The Merchant of Venice, Money, Summerfolk, Troilus and Cressida, Peter Pan, An Enemy of the People, Skylight (Royal National Theatre); Brand, The Merchant of Venice (Royal Shakespeare Company); Richard III (Nottingham Playhouse); Overruled (Wilmington Theatre Company); Desire Under Elms (Lyric Hammersmith); The Tempest, Flare Path (Theatre Royal Haymarket); 1936 (Arcola); Loot (Tricycle); On the Middle Day, The Entertainer (Old Vic); Cyrano de Bergerac and Three Sisters (Chichester Festival Theatre). Television credits include WPC 56, Doctors, The Hour, King Lear, Ashes to Ashes, Emergency Rescue, The Estate, The Merchant of Venice and The Perfect Crime.
Imogen trained at RADA. Theatre credits include Coram Boy (National Theatre); The Great Gatsby, Hutch (Riverside Studios); Merlin (Royal and Derngate Theatre, Northampton) and Playing For Time (Sheffield Crucible). Film credits include Despite Falling Snow. Television credits include Chasing Shadows.
Harry Egan Lawyer/A Townsman of St Albans/Smith/The Earl of Oxford Harry graduated from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in July 2015 and is delighted to be making his professional debut with Trevor Nunn. Credits whilst training include Road, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, The Heresy of Love, Design For Living, Twelfth Night and The Servant.
Alexandra Gilbreath Eleanor Duchess of Gloucester/ Queen Elizabeth Previous Rose credits include Hay Fever. Theatre credits include The Invisible (Bush Theatre); The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Taming of the Shrew (Helen Hayes Award Nomination - Best Actress), The Tamer Tamed, Merry Wives the Musical, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Country Wife, As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, A Winter’s Tale, Ghosts, Love’s Labour’s Lost (Royal Shakespeare Company); Twelfth Night (Royal Shakespeare Company/West End, Olivier Award Nomination - Best Supporting Actress); Playhouse Creatures (Chichester Festival Theatre); King Lear (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Ian Charleson nomination); Shallow Slumber (Soho Theatre); Othello (Sheffield Crucible Theatre); The Village Bike, Disappeared (Royal Court Theatre); Blood Wedding (Young Vic); The House of Bernarda Alba (Gate Theatre) and Hedda Gabler (English Touring Theatre/ Donmar Warehouse, Ian Charleson Award TMA and Manchester Evening News nomination - Best Actress). Film credits include A Hundred Streets, Tulip Fever, Dead Babies and The All Together. Television credits include Father Brown, Casualty, WPC 56, Eastenders, A Midsummer Night’s Dreaming (Royal Shakespeare Company), In Search of Shakespeare, Inspector George Gently, Rites of Passage, Not Going Out, Trial and Retribution, Absolute Power, The Commander, The Waltz King, Happiness, Midsomer Murders, The Bill, The Project, Monarch of the Glen, Out of Hours, A Wing and a Prayer and Life Begins.
Rufus Hound is an actor, presenter and comedian. Theatre credits include Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Savoy Theatre); One Man Two Guv’nors (Theatre Royal Haymarket/Tour) and Neville’s Island (Chichester Festival Theatre). Film credits include The Wedding Video, Beautiful Devils and Big Fat Gypsy Gangster. Television credits include Cucumber, Doctor Who, A Touch of Cloth and Hounded.
James de Lauch Hay Vernon/Second Citizen/ Lewis, King of France/ Papal Legate James trained at Arts Educational Schools (London) and Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute (New York). He received the ‘Sir John Gielgud Award’ during his training. Credits whilst training include Two Gentlemen of Verona, Vernon God Little, Macbeth, The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning, The Seagull, The Importance of Being Earnest, All My Sons, Three Sisters and Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me. Film credits include Love & Thieves, Milk and The Copy Room.
Geoff Leesley Exeter/Mortimer/Lieutenant of the Tower/Lord Mayor Theatre credits include State Red (Hampstead Theatre); Flannelettes (Kings Head Theatre); Forgotten Voices (Nick Brooke Ltd/Pleasance Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing, Road (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester); Bedroom Farce, The Provok’d Wife (National Theatre); Pygmalion, The Apple Cart (The Peter Hall Company); An Inspector Calls (UK Tour); The Mill – City of Dreams (Freedom Studios); The Crucible (Regents Park Open Air Theatre); Othello (West End); The Thunderbolt, De Monfort, Augustus Does His Bit, Major Barbara (The Orange Tree Theatre); Jerusalem (West Yorkshire Playhouse); The Knight of the Burning Pestle (Colchester Mercury/Young Vic); The Seagull (Colchester Mercury); Making Waves (Stephen Joseph Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, Anthony and Cleopatra, The Crack’d Pot (Northern Broadsides) and Albert Finney Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (Manchester Library Theatre). Film credits include 5 Greedy Bankers, Wimbledon, Ashes & Sand, Five Greedy Bankers, Asylum, A Life for a Life, Wilde and Second Best. Television credits include New Tricks, Holby City, The Escape Artist, Grandpa In My Pocket, White Heat, Law & Order UK, EastEnders, Midsomer Murders, Wire In The Blood, Little Britain, Coronation Street, Casualty, In Search of The Brontes and Only Fools and Horses.
Alexander Hanson Richard Duke of York/Duke of Buckingham Previous Rose credits include Single Spies. Theatre credits include The Gathered Leaves (Park Theatre); Accolade (St James Theatre); Stephen Ward (Aldwych Theatre); Jesus Christ Superstar (O2 London/Arena Tour); Uncle Vanya, Tonight at 8.30 (Chichester Minerva Theatre); An Ideal Husband (Vaudeville Theatre); A Little Night Music (Menier Chocolate Factory/Garrick Theatre/Broadway); Marguerite, Arcadia (Theatre Royal, Haymarket); The Sound of Music (London Palladium); Troilus and Cressida, The Merchant of Venice, Candide, The Villain’s Opera, The London Cuckolds (National Theatre); Copenhagen (National Theatre Tour); Talking to Terrorists, Shallow End (The Royal Court); Cracked, The Memory of Water (Hampstead Theatre); Enter the Guardsman, Brel (Donmar Warehouse); The Things We Do For Love (Duchess Theatre); We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre); Sunset Boulevard (Adelphi Theatre); Aspects of Love (Prince of Wales Theatre); A Little Night Music and Hay Fever (Chichester Festival Theatre). Film credits include Papadopoulos & Sons, Kidulthood, Mauvaise Passe and Fellow Traveller. Television credits include Holby City, London’s Burning, Midsomer Murders, Lewis, The Last Detective, Rosemary & Thyme, The Man Who Crossed Hitler, Party Animals and Auf Weidershen Pet.
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