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Thomas Heywood’s Elizabethan romp.
A play which featured in the opening programme of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Swan Theatre back in 1986, The Fair Maid Of The West this month makes a welcome return to the Stratford-upon-Avon venue for a short Christmas and New Year run.
The Thomas Heywood-written romp, first published in 1631, will certainly be in safe hands during its time at the RSC - the play is being directed by Isobel McArthur, whose West End show, Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of), last year won the Olivier Award for best comedy.
This much-anticipated revival finds Amber James taking the lead role of Liz Bridges, a low-born tavern girl whose impressive skill at breaking up bar-room brawls comes in handy when - after receiving an inheritance - she purchases a ship, heads out on the storm-tossed seas, and finds herself unexpectedly engaging in the tricky business of international diplomacy...
This production shows at SWAN THEATRE, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON.