by Hilary Mantel adapted by Ben Miles.
Directed by Dan Usztan. Lead Artistic Director: Amanda Waggott
Performance date and time :
Saturday 6 June at 5.30pm.
to be performed at All Hallows Church, next to The Tower of London as part of an official WOLF HALL WEEKEND.
Audition details :
Casting may be done through expression of interest and any remaining parts will be through audition on Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 May at 7pm. at the Tower Theatre.
To register an interest in a role contact Amanda Waggott with your name and the character you would like to play.
Auditions are for Tower Theatre Company Members only.
If you would like to join the Company, please click here for more information.
About the Production
As this is to be a script-in-hand reading, no lines need to be learnt but you must be available for all rehearsals which are likely to be on Saturday 23, Wednesday 27, Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 May. You will also be required on the evening of Friday 5 June and all day on Saturday 6 June.
Cast: (ages in the year 1536)
Thomas Cromwell age 51
Gregory, his Son age 16
Walter, his father (a ghost) age 60 when he died
Christophe, his servant any age
The Royal family
King Henry age 45
Mary Tudor, the King’s daughter from first marriage age 20
Jane Seymour, the King’s third wife age 28
Edward Seymour, Jane’s brother age 36
Elizabeth Seymour, Jane sister known as Bess age 26
Anna, the King’s fourth wife age 21
Courtiers and Politicians
Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk age 63
Bishop Stephen Gardiner age 53
Archbishop Thomas Cranmer age 45
Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk age 52
Jane, Lady Rochford, widow of the executed George Boleyn age 31
Richard Riche, royal adviser and Cromwell ally age 40
Rafe Sadler, Cromwell ally, formerly in his household age 29
Helen Sadler, Rafe’s wife age early/mid 20s
Cardinal Wolsey, a ghost age 57 (when he died)
Dorethea, a nun, Wolsey’s daughter age 24
Abbess of Shaftsbury age 40
Eustache Chapuys, Amabassador to Emperor Charles V age 46
Sir Willaim Kingston, Constable of the Tower of London age 70
Gwyn, a clerk any age? Probably 30
Hans Holbein, a painter age 39
Dr Butts, doctor to the king age 50
Dr Chambers, doctor to the king age 66
Katherine Howard, niece to the Duke of Norfolk age 13
 Previously Dan Usztan has directed The Mirror Crack’d, Blithe Spirit and currently My Night with Reg at the Tower Theatre, Wolf Hall at the Bridewell Theatre, the Minack Theatre and Lincoln’s Inn, Road at the Bridewell Theatre and One Man, Two Guvnors and After The Dance Upstairs at the Gatehouse. A lapsed actor, he lives in Walthamstow with husband Ben and dachshund Magnus. |
Stage Manager : Dinah Irvine
Technical Liaison : Stephen Ley