Time After Time
(Shakespeare's Dream)
Written by Frank Bramwell
ABOUT THE PLAY
Time after Time was our very first production.
Using a mixture of Shakespeare's original words and new ones written for the piece, the play is a glorious romp through the night-time dreams of William Shakespeare, with characters and incidents from his real life colliding with those in his plays. This is Shakespeare as never told before - from within his very dreams.
2003 ARC Arts Centre
Cast and creative team
Cast
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William Shakespeare: John Huston
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Jen Rigby: Anne/Princess/Ariel
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Philip de Ville: Father/King
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James Webster: Brother/Punch/Richard Field
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Adam Linney: Hamlet
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Goth: Elinor D'Angelis
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Goth: Beth Cohen
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Goth: Kaz Luckins
Creative team:
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Director: Marcus Fernando
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Producer: Frank Bramwell
Production photos
Reviews
"Overall Time After Time is a superb, delightful production."
ARC Arts Centre
“It is quite the most extraordinary and puzzling and frustrating play I have read for some time. The writer handles the material with great flair and although at times it is confusing, the play achieves a considerable impact through the cumulative resonance of each scene and image. This is a genuinely imaginative and intelligently written play.”
Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester
“ . . . we were most impressed with the play itself. The author, while showing sensitivity to Shakespeare’s language and what is known about his life, developed this basic structure with flair and imagination . . . . it certainly deserves to be known more widely.”
Birmingham audience
"Time After Time is a superb, delightful production which is by no means much ado about nothing and should certainly be as you like it."
Peter Lathan
"It's an ambitious offering that gives you an insight into William Shakespeare's background which will appeal even to theatregoers who are not Bard worshippers."
Peter Lathan
“Shakespeare’s great creations are forever being interpreted from a new angle, transmuted by the light of innovation."
ARC Arts Centre
“Time after Time” constitutes the underlying theme of Frank Bramwell’s strongly-researched and excellently presented production, which provokes a plethora of thoughts and dreams.”
ARC Arts Centre
“Overall it was a really enjoyable performance and certainly deserves to be seen by a bigger audience”
Birmingham audience
“You have inspired my Shakespearean studies."
Birmingham audience
“ Very clever and integrated famous quotes/references well.”
Birmingham audience
An excellent and beautiful setting for an extraordinary and fascinating production.”
Birmingham audience
“Thoroughly enjoyed everything about the performance.”
Birmingham audience