Twelfth Night
1987

5th to 8th August
Directed by Ian Wood & Linda Kirk

When I was and a little tiny boy
With a hey, ho, the wind and the rain
A foolish thing was but a toy
For the rain it raineth every day.

A group of students had performed at the Abbey a couple of times in the 1970s, but the current run of Abbey Shakespeare productions in St Dogmaels Abbey began with Twelfth Night in 1987. A riotous comedy of mistaken identity, it also has its wistful and reflective moments, and remains one of Shakespeare's most popular plays.

Cast

At the Court
Orsino, Duke of IllyriaIan Wood
CurioDuncan McCallum
ValentineEdward Hall
First OfficerDuncan McCallum
Second OfficerJames Archer
At the house of the Lady Olivia
OliviaHelen McCallum
Sir Toby BelchBill Rowlinson
Sir Andrew AguecheekClive Burgess
MalvolioRichard Carwadine
MariaLinda Kirk
FesteWilliam McCaffrey
FabianAntony Stevens
GentlewomanHilary Rowlinson
PriestMike Hall
The Incomers
Sea CaptainPeter Wilson
ViolaKathryn Timaeus
SebastianEdward Hall
AntonioPeter Wilson

Crew

ProducerIan Wood
Assistant producerLinda Kirk
Production secretaryHilary Rowlinson
MusicRichard Morris
GuitarPeter Wilson
LightingDavid Long
Lighting assistantsGeorgina Ferry, Jerry Ross, Stephanie Ross
WardrobeClare Hall
SetRobert Fitzmartin & Henry VIII
Make upBecky Simmons, Marion Gray
Front of HouseJane Hall, Jenny Paynter