Play:EMI

Theatre / City:Swan/Mermaid Theatre

Dates:21 May 1986-

Company:RSC

Director / Producer: John Caird

Actors:Brainworm - David Haig; Bridget - Joely Richardson; Bobadill - Pete Postlethwaite; Clement's servant - Roger Moss; Cob - David Troughton; Dame Kitely - Jane Galloway; Ed Knowell - Simon Russell Beale; George Downright - Jeremy Pearce; Justice Clement - Raymond Bowers; Master Matthew - Philip Franks; Stephen - Paul Greenwood; Old Knowell - Tony Church; Roger Formal - Mark Lindley; Servant - Roger Moss; Thomas Cash - Gary Love; Thomas Kitely - Henry Goodman; Tib - Susie Fairfax; Wellbred - Nathaniel Parker

Archives: Shakespeare Centre Lib.; National Sound Archive (staged recording: C317/5-6 T1-2)

Reviews / Production History: London Theatre Recor d, 7 (1987), 448-51; Richard Edmonds, Birmingham Mail , 22 May 1986; J. C. Trewin, Birmingham Post , 22 May 1986; Irving Wardle, Times, 23 May 1986; Michael Coveney, Financial Times, 23 May 1986; Michael Billington, Guardian, 23 May 1986; John Barber, Daily Telegraph, 23 May 1986; Kenneth Hurren, Mail on Sunday , 25 May 1986; John Peter, Sunday Times , 25 May 1986; Francis King, S unday Telegraph , 25 May 1986; Mary Harron, Observer, 25 May 1986; Margaret Ingram, Stratford-upon-Avon Herald , 30 May 1986; R. V. Holdsworth, TLS, 6 June 1986; Charles Osborne, Daily Telegraph , 15 Apr. 1987; Thomas Sutclifffe, Independent, 15 Apr. 1987