Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
Experience the US premiere of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s stage adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s best-selling novel, adapted by award-winning playwright Lolita Chakrabarti (Hymn, Life of Pi, Red Velvet), and directed by Erica Whyman.
Get Tickets: chicagoshakes.com
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CREATIVE TEAM: Maggie O’Farrell - Writer; Lolita Chakrabarti - Adaptor; Erica Whyman - Director; Tom Piper - Set Designer; Prema Mehta - Lighting Designer; Oğuz Kaplangi - Composer; Simon Baker - Sound Designer; Ayse Tashkiran - Movement Director; Kate Waters - Fight Director; Amy Ball CDG - Casting Director; Marius-Arnold-Clarke - Company Stage Manager; Chloe Forestier-Walker - Deputy Stage Manager; Danny Fender - AEA Stage Manager; Royal Shakespeare Company; Neal Street Productions; Pemberly Productions
CAST: Kemi-Bo Jacobs - Agnes; Rory Alexander - William; Troy Alexander - Bartholomew; Nigel Barrett - John / Will Kempe; Haydn Burke - US Bartholomew, Hamnet / Thomas Day & Henry Condell; Ajani Cabey - Hamnet / Thomas Day; Elizabeth Connick - Tilly (*at CST); Saffron Dey - Judith; Victoria Elliott - Joan/Elizabeth Condell; Heather Forster - Eliza; Thalia Gambe - US Susanna, Judith & Tilly; Karl Haynes - Ned / Henry Condell / Physician; Ava Hinds-Jones - Susanna; Nicki Hobday - Joan / Elizabeth Condell (*at CST); Penny Layden - Mary; Matilda McCarthy - Jude / Physician’s Wife / Will’s Landlady / Caterina (*at CST); Bert Seymour - Burbage / Father John
Trailer by HMS Media
Experience the US premiere of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s stage adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s best-selling novel, adapted by award-winning playwright Lolita Chakrabarti (Hymn, Life of Pi, Red Velvet), and directed by Erica Whyman.
Get Tickets: chicagoshakes.com
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CREATIVE TEAM: Maggie O’Farrell - Writer; Lolita Chakrabarti - Adaptor; Erica Whyman - Director; Tom Piper - Set Designer; Prema Mehta - Lighting Designer; Oğuz Kaplangi - Composer; Simon Baker - Sound Designer; Ayse Tashkiran - Movement Director; Kate Waters - Fight Director; Amy Ball CDG - Casting Director; Marius-Arnold-Clarke - Company Stage Manager; Chloe Forestier-Walker - Deputy Stage Manager; Danny Fender - AEA Stage Manager; Royal Shakespeare Company; Neal Street Productions; Pemberly Productions
CAST: Kemi-Bo Jacobs - Agnes; Rory Alexander - William; Troy Alexander - Bartholomew; Nigel Barrett - John / Will Kempe; Haydn Burke - US Bartholomew, Hamnet / Thomas Day & Henry Condell; Ajani Cabey - Hamnet / Thomas Day; Elizabeth Connick - Tilly (*at CST); Saffron Dey - Judith; Victoria Elliott - Joan/Elizabeth Condell; Heather Forster - Eliza; Thalia Gambe - US Susanna, Judith & Tilly; Karl Haynes - Ned / Henry Condell / Physician; Ava Hinds-Jones - Susanna; Nicki Hobday - Joan / Elizabeth Condell (*at CST); Penny Layden - Mary; Matilda McCarthy - Jude / Physician’s Wife / Will’s Landlady / Caterina (*at CST); Bert Seymour - Burbage / Father John
Trailer by HMS Media
